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Saudi journal of anaesthesia.
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ISSN: 1658354X 09753125 Year: 2007 Publisher: Riyadh : Mumbai : Saudi Anaesthetic Association Medknow Publications

The political economy of Saudi Arabia
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ISBN: 9780415428422 0415428424 9780415428439 0415428432 9780203946190 0203946197 1134088949 1281062847 9786611062842 9781134088898 9781134088935 9781134088942 Year: 2007 Publisher: London New York Routledge

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With Saudi Arabia being of immense importance both politically and economically in the Middle East, this book provides a much needed, broad ranging survey of the development of the Saudi economy from the 1960s to the present day. Written by a highly reputable author, the book includes an analysis of how political and social factors have shaped policy, and how the Saudi state is coping with the dynamics of a rapidly changing economic and political situation.

Contesting the Saudi state : Islamic voices from a new generation
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ISBN: 0521858364 9780521858366 9780511492181 9780511270154 0511270151 0511269595 9780511269592 0511266731 9780511266737 0511268653 9780511268656 0511492189 9786610750504 6610750505 1107166969 9781107166967 1280750502 9781280750502 0511319428 9780511319426 051126867X Year: 2007 Volume: 25 Publisher: Cambridge Cambridge University Press

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The terms Wahhabi or Salafi are seen as interchangeable and frequently misunderstood by outsiders. However, as Madawi al-Rasheed explains in a fascinating exploration of Saudi Arabia in the twenty-first century, even Saudis do not agree on their meaning. Under the influence of mass education, printing, new communication technology, and global media, they are forming their own conclusions and debating religion and politics in traditional and novel venues, often violating official taboos and the conservative values of the Saudi society. Drawing on classical religious sources, contemporary readings and interviews, Al-Rasheed presents an ethnography of consent and contest, exploring the fluidity of the boundaries between the religious and political. Bridging the gap between text and context, the author also examines how states and citizens manipulate religious discourse for purely political ends, and how this manipulation generates unpredictable reactions whose control escapes those who initiated them.

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