Politics and Society in Saudi Arabia: The Crucial Years of Development, 1960-1982
Sarah Yizraeli
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Hardback. This is a critical examination of the Saudi royal family in the role of building a modern state. It shows the limitations placed on social change or political reform and considers the course of modernisation for Saudi. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBXS; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 27. Weight in Grams: 574.
This book provides readers with the essential context and background for a real understanding of modern Saudi Arabia. Yizraeli examines a rarely-studied topic: Saudi royal family decision-making in the process of building a modern state. She tracks in detail the internal deliberations in the formative years of development in the Kingdom, when priorities were defined. This unique strategy was first formulated by the royal family in a document known as the 'Ten Point Programme', which was delivered in a speech (Nov. 1962) by Crown Prince Faysal. In practice, this strategy placed severe limitations on potential social change and thwarted any ... Read more
This book provides readers with the essential context and background for a real understanding of modern Saudi Arabia. Yizraeli examines a rarely-studied topic: Saudi royal family decision-making in the process of building a modern state. She tracks in detail the internal deliberations in the formative years of development in the Kingdom, when priorities were defined. This unique strategy was first formulated by the royal family in a document known as the 'Ten Point Programme', which was delivered in a speech (Nov. 1962) by Crown Prince Faysal. In practice, this strategy placed severe limitations on potential social change and thwarted any ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
276
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
276
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849041706
SKU
V9781849041706
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About Sarah Yizraeli
Sarah Yizraeli is Senior Research Fellow, Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies Tel Aviv University.
Reviews for Politics and Society in Saudi Arabia: The Crucial Years of Development, 1960-1982
'The reasons Saudi Arabia became the authoritarian US client state we know today ... is the subject of Sarah Yizraeli's revelatory new study. Yizraeli has managed to penetrate Saudi society from afar in ways that have eluded journalists and scholars with more direct access. Although she is apparently barred from entering Saudi Arabia as an Israeli citizen, she has long ... Read more