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100 1 $aChampion, Daryl.
245 14 $aThe paradoxical kingdom :$bSaudi Arabia and the momentum of reform / $cDaryl Champion.
260 $aNew York :$bColumbia University Press,$cc2003.
300 $axxii, 392 p. :$b1 map ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 331-370) and index.
505 0 $aThe Saudi 'rentier' state: a transformation fuelled by oil -- Modernisation, development and asabiyya capitalism -- Structural dysfunctionality, globalisation and the momentum of reform -- Saudi sociopolitics in the era of reform -- Method of approach adopted for this book -- The Founding of Modern Saudi Arabia: State and Society -- Saudi Arabia: Ideological and Political Foundations -- The original Saudi-Wahhabi 'religiopolitical' relationship -- The first Saudi realm, c.1744-1819 -- The second Saudi realm, c.1824-91 -- The formation of the modern Saudi state -- Ibn Saud on the march -- The British, the First World War and post-Ottoman Arabia -- Hijaz conquered, kingdom proclaimed -- The Ikhwan: a challenge to Saudi authority -- Reflections on paradoxes -- Sociopolitics and the religious nexus -- Quran, sunna and ulama -- Tribalism, asabiyya and the contemporary Saudi state -- The royal family and the throne -- The Oil Boom and Modernisation: the Rise of asabiyya Capitalism and Social Stress -- Boom-time development and the transformation of a state: the legitimacy of largesse, asabiyya capitalism and social change -- Development in the Saudi Arabian context -- The Najdiisation of the state -- The rise of Najdi asabiyya capitalism -- Asabiyya capitalism institutionalised -- Further socioeconomic change: urbanisation and new class structures -- The sociopolitics of education in the Saudi oil state -- Early warning signs -- Islam, traditional values and development -- The 1979 siege of the Great Mosque of Mecca -- The Restructuring of an Oil State: the Challenges of Economic Reform and Socio-economic Change in the Era of Globalisation -- Oil prices, Saudi budgetary planning and the momentum of economic reform -- An economy dependent on oil -- Wake-up calls: from the 1980s to 2001 and beyond -- The sustainability of the rentier-distributive state -- Economic and financial globalisation: another challenge to Al Saud sovereignty? -- 'Globalisation' and economic internationalisation -- The global drive for 'transparency' and 'good governance' -- Saudi Arabia and the challenges of 'transparency' and 'good governance' -- Saudi economic internationalisation, privatisation and asabiyya capitalism -- Economic reform and socioeconomic challenges in a new era -- Population, labour force and youth unemployment -- The 'mudir syndrome' -- The state of subsidies bind -- Living standards in decline and 'Gulf Perestroika' -- Instability within Stability: Domestic Political Opposition and Regime Responses -- Problems: post-Gulf Crisis sociopolitics -- The rising dissent of the Gulf War period -- The CDLR: the first attempt at opposition organisation and regime response -- The spread and intensification of dissent: the liability of the Saudi-US relationship -- Violent messages: the 1995 Riyadh and 1996 Khobar bombings -- Osama bin Laden and the effects of 11 September 2001 -- Regional issues interrelated: US 'double standards' -- Solutions: The mechanisms of state stability -- Fragmented opposition and the strategy of divide and rule -- Primary internal security: the importance of public opinion -- Censorship in the kingdom -- Information policy globalised: satellite television -- Information policy globalised: the Internet -- Secondary internal security: coercion and repression -- An absolute monarchy: traditional-authoritarian rule entrenched -- The problem of succession: family unity and regime stability -- Socioeconomic issues in Saudi politics.
520 $aPublisher's description: The major player in the OPEC international oil industry cartel, Saudi Arabia is also the homeland of the Prophet Muhammad and the center of the Muslim world with the most sacred Islamic sites located in and around the cities of Mecca and Madina. To the non-Saudi, the kingdom appears remarkably calm and stable, at least by the standards of the Middle East. But the rise of a new type of international terrorism, personified by exiled Saudi Osama bin Laden and with extensive roots in post- Gulf War Saudi Arabia, testifies to a volatile underground of discontent within the kingdom. Ideological frustration with the Saudi regime's perceived submission to American imperialism has merged with Saudi Arabia's chronic social and economic inequality to create an increasingly unstable situation. Daryl Champion, a specialist in Saudi Arabian affairs, opens a vista on these developments usually closed to Western observers. In the face of internal and external calls for reform and the mounting imperatives of globalization, the Al Saud dynasty is at a crossroads. The reforms required by the global economy conflict with both the vested interests of the kingdom© s elites and the demands of a domestic population that has deeply conservative religious and cultural roots and proud traditions. The Paradoxical Kingdom develops five interrelated themes, exploring the complex cross currents of religion, tradition, domestic and global economics, politics, and state power in Saudi Arabia as the nation uneasily enters the twenty-first century. It shows how a great deal of wealth has been squandered and how the state© s wealth is in decline, examines the Arabian equivalent of Asia© s infamous "crony capitalism, " and considers the durability of the Saudi oil/welfare state and the House of Saud itself. Champion's portrait of domestic Saudi society is augmented by an examination of the kingdom's increasingly complicated and uneasy relationship with the United States. He explores the vital interconnections between the rising tide of anti-American sentiment in Saudi Arabia and popular resistance to the cultural implications of globalization. This conflation of forces, Champion argues, portends a future of increasing political dissent in the land of the Prophet.
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650 0 $aSocial structure$xEconomic aspects$zSaudi Arabia.
651 0 $aSaudi Arabia$xEconomic conditions$y20th century.
651 0 $aSaudi Arabia$xSocial conditions$y20th century.
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