ABSTRACT
This much-revised edition of Professor Abir's Saudi Arabia in the Oil Era now includes consideration of both Gulf Wars. Abir examines the social and political forces that have shaped Saudi Arabia, including the impact of Islam and of Westernization, drawing heavily on Saudi sources. There is also essential analysis of regional security dilemmas and of the country's prospects in the post-Gulf War era.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |23 pages
Ruling Class and Elites in Saudi Arabia
chapter |12 pages
The Consolidation of the Ruling Class
chapter |9 pages
Modern Education and The Rise of New Elites *
part |97 pages
Modernisation and Struggle for Political Reform
part |103 pages
Crises in the Gulf
