TY - BOOK ID - 78343063 TI - Political Change in the Arab Gulf States AU - Cole, Juan R I AU - Crystal, Jill AU - Doumato, Eleanor Abdella AU - Janardhan, N AU - Kapiszewski, Andrzej AU - Koch, Christian AU - Legrenzi, Matteo AU - Okruhlik, Gwenn AU - Parolin, Gianluca P AU - Tétreault, Mary Ann AU - Zdanowski, Jerzy AU - Peterson, J E PY - 2022 SN - 1588269949 9781588269942 9781588267528 1588267520 PB - Boulder DB - UniCat KW - Democratization KW - Social change KW - Change, Social KW - Cultural change KW - Cultural transformation KW - Societal change KW - Socio-cultural change KW - Social history KW - Social evolution KW - Democratic consolidation KW - Democratic transition KW - Political science KW - New democracies KW - Political aspects KW - Persian Gulf States KW - Saudi Arabia KW - Politics and government. KW - Politics and government KW - Démocratisation KW - Changement social KW - Case studies KW - Etudes de cas KW - Aspect politique KW - Etats du golfe Persique KW - Arabie Saoudite KW - Politique et gouvernement UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78343063 AB - Although reform movements have been prominent in varying degrees in most Middle Eastern countries for some time, the recent cascade of events has generated new pressures for democratization throughout the Arab World. Political Change in the Arab Gulf States explores the politics influencing the volatile situation in the region, as well as specific measures devised by regimes in power to adjust to the challenges of the current environment. The authors first focus on the politics of seven Gulf states: Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. They then consider forces that are shaping current political attitudes and behavior across the region. The result is a careful assessment of the prospects for political reform in the Gulf—and an important corrective to a simplistic domino theory of democratization. ER -