02657cam a2200409 a 4500 17591423 20170105102921.0 130115s2012 enk b 001 0 eng d 2012289127 016090821 Uk 9780745332703 (hbk.) 0745332706 (hbk.) 9780745332697 (pbk.) 0745332692 (pbk.) 9781849647373 (PDF ebook) 9781849647380 (EPUB ebook) 1849647380 (EPUB ebook) 9781849647397 (Kindle ebook) 1849647399 (Kindle ebook) (OCoLC)ocn819556971 OUN OUN BTCTA UKMGB NZWLI YDXCP CDX YNK NDD YBM WAU BDX ZCU DLC lccopycat DS244.63 .H36 2012 Hammond, Andrew, 1970- The Islamic utopia : the illusion of reform in Saudi Arabia / Andrew Hammond. London : Pluto ; New York : Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. xi, 269 p. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-261) and index. The 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. Will 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. Islam and state Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia Politics and government 1982- Saudi Arabia Foreign relations. 7 cbc copycat 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 15570 15570 0 0 0 0 NFIC CIPS CIPS GEN 2013-09-30 0 953.8054 HAM 2012 CIPS0001564 2013-12-04 2013-12-04 BK