Verfasst von:	Rundell, David H. [VerfasserIn]
Titel:	Vision or mirage
Titelzusatz:	Saudi Arabia at the crossroads
Verf.angabe:	David H. Rundell
Verlagsort:	London ; New York ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney
Verlag:	I.B. Tauris
Jahr:	2021
Umfang:	xix, 316 Seiten
Illustrationen:	Illustrationen, Karten
Fussnoten:	Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 287-295, Register
Ang. zum Inhalt:	Creating a new nation
	The rise and fall of the house of Saud
	The wars of national unification
	The Ikhwan revolt : reaping what you sow
	Managing succession
	Kings Saud and Faisal$a house divided
	Kings Khalid, Fahd, and Abdullah : a team of rivals
	King Salman and Mohammed bin Salman : a new royal order
	Balancing stakeholders
	The tribes
	The clergy
	The merchants
	The technocrats
	The royal family
	Providing competent government
	Providing internal security
	Promoting rapid economic development
	Foreign policy : keeping powerful friends
	Foreign policy : deploying oil and Islam
	Leading gradual social change
	Meeting new challenges
	Economic challenges : kicking the oil habit
	Security challenges : containign Iran and managing Yemen
	Political challenges : sectarianism, corruption, and autocracy
	Evolving Arabia
ISBN:	978-1-83860-593-3
Abstract:	Something extraordinary is happening in Saudi Arabia. A traditional, tribal society once known for its lack of tolerance is rapidly implementing significant economic and social reforms. An army of foreign consultants is rewriting the social contract, King Salman has cracked down hard on corruption, and his dynamic though inexperienced son, the Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, is promoting a more tolerant Islam. But is all this a new vision for Saudi Arabia or merely a mirage likely to dissolve into Iranian-style revolution?
Schlagwörter:	(g)Saudi-Arabien    / (s)Politik    / (z)Geschichte
Sprache:	eng
RVK-Notation:	MH 70020
K10plus-PPN:	1741100437