After the Sheikhs: The Coming Collapse of the Gulf Monarchies - Couverture rigide

Davidson, Christopher

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 184904189X ISBN 13 : 9781849041898

Editeur : C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

Noted Gulf expert Christopher Davidson contends that the collapse of the Gulf monarchies is going to happen, and always was. The Gulf monarchies (Saudi Arabia and its five smaller neighbours: the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, and Bahrain) have long been governed by highly autocratic and seemingly anachronistic regimes. Yet despite bloody conflicts on their doorsteps, fast-growing populations, and powerful modernising and globalising forces impacting on their largely conservative societies, they have demonstrated remarkable resilience. The obituaries of the traditional monarchies have frequently been penned, but even now, these absolutist, almost medieval, entities still appear to pose the same conundrum as before: in the wake of the 2011 'Arab Spring' and the fall of incumbent presidents in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya, the apparently steadfast Gulf monarchies have, at first glance, re-affirmed their status as the Middle East's only real bastions of stability. In this book, noted Gulf expert Christopher Davidson contends that the collapse of these kings, emirs, and sultans is going to happen, and was always going to. While the revolutionary movements in North Africa, Syria, and Yemen will undeniably serve as important, if indirect, catalysts for the coming upheaval, many of the pressures that were building up in the Arab republics are now also present in the Gulf monarchies. It is now no longer a matter of if but when the West's steadfast allies fall. This is a bold claim to make but Davidson, who accurately forecast the economic turmoil that afflicted Dubai in 2009, has an enviable record in diagnosing social and political changes afoot in the region.

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À propos de l'auteur

Christopher M. Davidson is an academic specialising in Arab Gulf states. He formerly taught at Zayed University, United Arab Emirates, and Durham University, and held visiting positions at Leiden and Kyoto Universities. He has seven books with Hurst.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184904189X
• ISBN 13: 9781849041898
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible