Table of Contents
Figures, Tables, and Charts
Acknowledgments
A Note on Titles, Names, and Conventions
1. Introduction
Explanations for Revolution Dynastic Monarchy Rentier Income The Educated (or New) Middle Class Political Participation and Revolution The Scope of the Study, Theoretic Approach, and the Cases Examined
2. The Emergence of Dynastic Monarchy and the Causes of Its Persistence
The Rise of the Arabian Dynasties Norms within the Ruling Families Marriage and Dynastic Monarchism Consultation and the Mediation of Dynastic Rule The Resolution of Disputes within the Dynasties Conclusion
3. Arabian Society and the Emergence of the Petro-State
Ascriptive Status in Arabia Elite Clans The Merchants The Rise of the Educated Middle Class The Relative Decline of the Bedouin Foreigners Conclusion
4. The Dynasties: The Al Sabah and the Al Saud
The Al Sabah The Al Saud
5. The Dynasties: The Al Thani, Al Khalifa, Al Nahayan, Al Maktum, and Al Said
The Al Thani of Qatar The Al Khalifa of Bahrain A Note on the Emirates The Al Nahayan of Abu Dhabi The Al Maktum of Dubai The Al Said of Oman Variations in the Capture of the Petro-States by the Dynasties
6. Strategies of Regime and Opposition in the Dynastic Monarchies
Kuwait Saudi Arabia Bahrain Qatar The Emirates Oman Conclusion
7. Libya and Afghanistan
Libya Afghanistan Conclusion
8. Five Nondynastic Monarchies
Egypt Iraq Iran Morocco Jordan Conclusion
9. Dynastic Monarchism and the Persistence of Hereditary Rule
Dynastic Monarchy Other Explanations Education Rentierism, Revolution, and Resilience Opposition The Composition of the Military Tribe and Kin as Inclusionary Political Institutions Foreign Powers Parliaments Statecraft The Lessons of the Dynastic Monarchies
10. The Theory of the Rentier State and Constitutional Monarchy in the Middle East
The Theory of the Rentier State When Parliamentary Liberalizations Succeed The Flexibility of Monarchical Institutions in Accommodating Democratic Compromises The Absolutisms and Western Policy Monarchy and Political Development
Notes
Bibliography
Index
