{"id":532,"date":"2020-07-21T05:06:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T05:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christopherdavidson.net\/BaseHub\/?page_id=532"},"modified":"2024-10-01T06:50:19","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T06:50:19","slug":"from-sheikhs-to-sultanism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/christopherdavidson.net\/BaseHub\/from-sheikhs-to-sultanism\/","title":{"rendered":"From Sheikhs to Sultanism: Statecraft and Authority in Saudi Arabia and the UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Muhammad bin Salman Al-Saud and Muhammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the respective princely strongmen of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have torn up the old rules. They have spurred game-changing economic master plans, presided over vast anti-corruption crackdowns, tackled entrenched religious forces, and overseen the mass arrest of critics. In parallel, they also appear to have replaced the old \u2018sheikhly\u2019 consensus systems of their predecessors with something more autocratic, more personalistic, and perhaps even analytically distinct.<\/p>\n

These are the two wealthiest and most populous Gulf monarchies, and increasingly important global actors\u2014Saudi Arabia is a G20 member, and the UAE will be the host of the World Expo in 2021\u20132022. Such sweeping changes to their statecraft and authority structures could well end up having a direct impact, for better or worse, on policies, economies and individual lives all around the world.<\/p>\n

Christopher M. Davidson tests the hypothesis that Saudi Arabia and the UAE are now effectively contemporary or even \u2018advanced\u2019 sultanates, and situates these influential states within an international model of autocratic authoritarianism. Drawing on a range of primary sources, including new interviews and surveys,\u00a0From Sheikhs to Sultanism<\/em>\u00a0puts forward an original, empirically grounded interpretation of the rise of both MBS and MBZ.<\/p>\n

Publishers\u2019 websites:\u00a0Hurst & Co.<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0Oxford University Press<\/a><\/p>\n

E-book \/ online library version:\u00a0Oxford University Press Scholarship Online<\/a><\/p>\n

Table of contents: available\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n

Excerpt (introduction, chapter 1, chapter 2, and accompanying endnotes): available\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n

Excerpt 2 (chapter 4, and accompanying endnotes): available\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n

Selected bibliography (books and journal articles only \u2013 as included in the book): available\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n

Full bibliography (all sources: academic, policy-focused, official \/ governmental, INGOs, NGOs, commercial entities, international \/ local media): available\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n

Full dataset (MS Excel format, based on all interview and survey responses):\u00a0forthcoming<\/em><\/p>\n

Reviews and features:<\/strong><\/p>\n

British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies \u2013\u00a0review 1<\/a>\u00a0(Robert Springborg)<\/p>\n

British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies \u2013\u00a0review 2<\/a>\u00a0(Harry Verhoeven)<\/p>\n

Middle East Policy \u2013\u00a0review<\/a>\u00a0(James Piscatori)<\/p>\n

Al-Sharq \u2013\u00a0review<\/a><\/p>\n

Hiroshima Journal of Peace Science (Japanese) – review<\/a><\/p>\n

Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies \u2013\u00a0review<\/a><\/p>\n

Podcast interview with Arab Digest \u2013 available\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0(verbatim written transcript available on request)<\/p>\n

Podcast interview with the SEPAD project, Richardson Institute, Lancaster University \u2013 available\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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