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Saudi Arabia

The Shape of a Client Feudalism

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  • © 1998

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  1. Geoff Simons
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. The Feudal Frame

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Islam, Law and Human Rights

      • Geoff Simons
      Pages 3-68

  3. The History

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Religious Roots

      • Geoff Simons
      Pages 71-110

    3. Conquest and Decline

      • Geoff Simons
      Pages 111-143

    4. Saudi Ascendancy

      • Geoff Simons
      Pages 144-184

    5. The Oil State

      • Geoff Simons
      Pages 185-234

  4. The Modern Client

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 235-235
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    2. Wars, Rumours of Wars

      • Geoff Simons
      Pages 237-279

    3. The Gathering Clouds

      • Geoff Simons
      Pages 280-335

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 336-415
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About this book

Simons describes the current human-rights situation in Saudi Arabia with reference to corruption, the treatment of dissidents, the penal system, the suppression of women, slavery and other aspects. A detailed history, from pre-Islamic times to the present, is provided, with attention to the influence of Mohammed, the Saudi ascendancy, the role of the West, the discovery of oil and the wars in the region. Finally attention is given to the various (economic/political/religious) problems that today face the Saudi regime and to the Saudi response.

Reviews

'...excoriating account of the corrpution of the House of Saud, and the West's complicity in its fortunes. Few authors have catalogued the vicissitudes of Arabian politics so sharply and in such detail. Dozens of maps, tables, chronologies and cross-references make this book a wonderful resource, as well as a riveting read...timely and compelling...outstanding analysis.' - Lawrence Joffe, The Independent

About the author

Geoff Simons is a freelance writer and former editor.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Saudi Arabia

  • Book Subtitle: The Shape of a Client Feudalism

  • Authors: Geoff Simons

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-333-99467-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1998

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-333-99467-2Published: 20 January 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 415

  • Topics: Asian History, Social History, Human Rights

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