Saudi Arabia and Yemen (Middle East: Region in Transition)

TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 6
INTRODUCTION......Page 11
CHAPTER 1 SAUDI ARABIA: THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE......Page 20
RELIEF......Page 21
DRAINAGE AND SOILS......Page 23
CLIMATE......Page 24
PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE......Page 25
ETHNIC GROUPS......Page 26
LANGUAGES......Page 27
RELIGION......Page 28
SETTLEMENT PATTERNS......Page 29
DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS......Page 31
AGRICULTURE......Page 33
PETROLEUM......Page 34
OTHER RESOURCES......Page 37
FINANCE......Page 38
SERVICES......Page 40
LABOUR AND TAXATION......Page 41
TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS......Page 42
LOCAL GOVERNMENT......Page 45
JUSTICE......Page 47
POLITICAL PROCESS......Page 48
SECURITY......Page 49
HEALTH AND WELFARE......Page 50
EDUCATION......Page 52
DAILY LIFE AND SOCIAL CUSTOMS......Page 55
THE ARTS......Page 58
SPORTS AND RECREATION......Page 61
MEDIA AND PUBLISHING......Page 62
THE WAHHABI MOVEMENT......Page 63
SECOND SA‘UDI STATE......Page 66
THE RASHIDIS......Page 68
IBN SA‘UD AND THE THIRD SA‘UDI STATE......Page 69
FOREIGN RELATIONS, 1932–53......Page 75
INTERNAL AFFAIRS, 1932–53......Page 76
REIGNS OF SA‘UD IBN ‘ABD AL-‘AZIZ AND FAYSAL (1953–75)......Page 78
REIGN OF KHALID (1975–82)......Page 81
SAUDI ARABIA UNDER FAHD AND CROWN PRINCE ‘ABD ALLAH (1982–2005)......Page 83
REIGN OF KING 'ABD ALLAH FROM 2005......Page 92
CHAPTER 6 YEMEN: THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE......Page 93
RELIEF AND DRAINAGE......Page 94
CLIMATE......Page 96
PLANT AND ANIMAL LIFE......Page 97
ETHNIC GROUPS......Page 99
LANGUAGES......Page 100
RELIGION......Page 101
SETTLEMENT PATTERNS......Page 102
DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS......Page 103
CHAPTER 7 THE YEMENI ECONOMY......Page 105
AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND FISHING......Page 106
RESOURCES AND POWER......Page 109
MANUFACTURING......Page 111
FINANCE......Page 112
TRADE......Page 113
LABOUR AND TAXATION......Page 114
TRANSPORTATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS......Page 115
CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK......Page 119
LOCAL GOVERNMENT......Page 121
SECURITY......Page 122
HEALTH AND WELFARE......Page 123
HOUSING......Page 124
EDUCATION......Page 125
DAILY LIFE AND SOCIAL CUSTOMS......Page 127
THE ARTS......Page 131
SPORTS AND RECREATION......Page 133
MEDIA AND PUBLISHING......Page 134
CHAPTER 10 YEMEN: PAST AND PRESENT......Page 136
THE AGE OF IMPERIALISM......Page 138
TWO YEMENI STATES......Page 143
UNIFICATION OF YEMEN......Page 148
CIVIL WAR AND POLITICAL UNREST......Page 151
TERRITORIAL DISPUTES......Page 152
ECONOMIC CHALLENGES......Page 155
YEMEN AND THE “WAR ON TERROR”......Page 156
MOUNTING CHALLENGE TO THE SALIH REGIME......Page 159
CONCLUSION......Page 161
GLOSSARY......Page 163
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 165
INDEX......Page 171
BACK COVER......Page 177