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008			130115s2012 enk b 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9780745332703
035			_a(DLC)17591423
035			_a(DLC)2012289127
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082			_222 _bHA-I _a320.9538
100	1		_aHammond, Andrew
245	1	4	_aIslamic utopia _bthe illusion of reform in Saudi Arabia
260			_aLondon _bPluto Press _c2012
300			_axi,269p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-261) and index.
505	0		_aThe religious society -- Government in the Sharia state -- The warrior king and his priests -- Segregated nation -- The illusion of reform -- Foreign policy adventurism: Iran and Palestine -- The Saudi Cordon Sanitaire in Arab media -- Controlling Mecca: in the House of God.
520			_aWill Saudi Arabia join the democratic wave in the Middle East? Despite being surrounded by states experiencing uprisings and revolutions, Saudi Arabia appears to be a "black hole" for democracy in the Middle East - secretive, highly repressive and still propped up by the West. The Islamic Utopia uses a range of sources including first-hand reporting and recently released WikiLeaks documents to examine Saudi Arabia in the decade after the 9/11 attacks, when King Abdullah's "reform" agenda took center state in public debate. It considers Saudi claims of "exemption" from the democratic demands of the Arab Spring. Andrew Hammond argues that for too long Western media and governments have accepted Saudi leaders' claims to be a buttress against Jihadist Islam and that a new policy is needed towards the House of Saud. -- Publisher description.
650		0	_aIslam and state _zSaudi Arabia.
651		0	_aSaudi Arabia _xPolitics and government _y1982-
651		0	_aSaudi Arabia _xForeign relations.
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