Middle East Monarchies: The Challenge of Modernity

Cover
Title Page
Copyright page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1- Introduction
	The "King's Dilemma"
	"Monarchies Resilience"
	Note
Part 1- Context
	Chapter 2- Monarchy in the Middle East
		Bibliographical Note
		Notes
	Chapter 3- Post-Ottoman Arab Monarchies: Old Bottles, New Labels?
		Notes
	Chapter 4- Why Did Arab Monarchies Fall? An Analysis of Old and New Explanations
		Historical Rootedness and the Legitimacy Question
		Foreign Policy Issues Versus Domestic Issues
		State, Class, and Leadership Variables
		Inevitability and the Question of Leadership
		Conclusion
		Notes
	Chapter 5- Dynasts and Nationalists: Why Monarchies Survive
		State-Formation and the Monarchs
		Nation-Building and the Monarchs
		The Mandate to Rule: The Divine Right of the Family
		Defining Clients: Social Bases of Rule
		Mythmaking: The Invention of Tradition
		Conclusion
		Notes
	Chapter 6- Patterns of Monarchy in the Middle East
		Notes
Part 2- Case Studies
	Chapter 7- The Jordanian Monarchy: The Hashemite Success Story
		From Anarchy to Monarchy
		Legitimacy and the Restrained Use of Force
		Contending with the Islamists and Socioeconomic Crisis
		Conclusion
		Notes
	Chapter 8- The Moroccan Monarchy: A Political System in Quest of a New Equilibrium
		The Functioning of Monarchy
		Conclusion
		Notes
	Chapter 9- State-Formation and the Saudi Monarchy
		State-Building
		Faysal's Order
		The Challenges to Faysal's Order
		The Monarchy's Response
		Conclusion
		Notes
	Chapter 10- The Kuwaiti Royal Family in the Postliberation Period: Reinstitutionalizing the “FirstAmong Equals” System in Kuwait
		The Restoration Movement: 1986-1990
		The Effects of the Iraqi Invasion
		Conclusion
		Notes
	Chapter 11- The Persistence of Monarchy in the Arabian Peninsula: A Comparative Analysis
		Theoretical Perspectives on Monarchy in the Middle East
		"Traditionalism" and Monarchy in Arabia
		Regional Security, Oil, and the Fate of Arabian Monarchies
		Conclusion
		Notes
	Chapter 12- The Throne in the Sultanate of Oman
		The Al-Bu Sa'id in Power
		Sayyid Sa'id Bin Taymur
		Sultan Qabus
		The Monarchy and the Modern State
		The Postcoup Government: Transforming Monarchical Authority
		The Sultanate's Emerging Institutional Framework
		The Majlis Al-Shura
		Trends
		Notes
	Chapter 13- The Persian Monarchy and the Islamic Republic
		The Legacy of the Past: The Safavids and Qajar Heritage
		Khomeini's Early Thought: Opposition to the Shah
		Khomeini's Revolutionary Approach: Velayat-e Faqih
		The Origins of Revolutionary Thought
		The Ayatollahs in Action
		Conclusion
		Notes
Part 3- Challenges
	Chapter 14- Gulf Monarchies as Rentier States: The Nationalization Policies of the Labor Force
		Strategy for Socioeconomic Development in the Gulf Oil Monarchies
		Implementation of the Strategy: Importing Foreign Workers
		Table 14.1 Gulf Monarchies: National and Nonnational Workforce, 1975–1990
		Table 14.2 Gulf Monarchies: Population per Physician, 1960–1994
		Increasing and Improving the National Workforces: Health Services
		Table 14.3 Gulf Monarchies: Natural Increase Rates, 1960–1996
		Pronatalist Policies
		Table 14.4 Gulf Monarchies: Infant Mortality Rates and Life Expectancy at Birth,1960–1996
		Expansion and Improvement of Educational Facilities
		Table 14.5 Gulf Monarchies: Number of Students per 100,000 Inhabitants,1975–1996
		Nationalization Policy of the Labor Force
		Obstacles to the Implementation of the Nationalization Policy
		The New Stage: The Nationalization Policy in the 1990s
		Conclusion
		Notes
	Chapter 15- Good Counsel to the King: The Islamist Opposition in SaudiArabia, Jordan, and Morocco
		Case Studies: Saudi Arabia
		Jordan
		Morocco
		Conclusion
		Notes
	Chapter 16- Monarchies in the Middle East: A Concluding Appraisal
		The Analytic Record: Political Consolidation, International Context, and Modernity
		Comparisons: Regional and International
		Prospects: An Enduring Contigency
		Notes
Bibliography
The Contributors
Index
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