02664cam a2200409 a 45000010009000000050017000090080041000260100017000670160018000840200025001020200022001270200025001490200022001740200030001960200031002260200028002570200033002850200030003180350024003480400081003720420014004530500024004671000028004912450084005192600121006033000025007245040064007495050280008135200853010936500035019466510049019816510037020309060045020679420012021129990017021249520113021411759142320170105102921.0130115s2012    enk      b    001 0 eng d  a  20122891277 a0160908212Uk  a9780745332703 (hbk.)  a0745332706 (hbk.)  a9780745332697 (pbk.)  a0745332692 (pbk.)  z9781849647373 (PDF ebook)  z9781849647380 (EPUB ebook)  z1849647380 (EPUB ebook)  z9781849647397 (Kindle ebook)  z1849647399 (Kindle ebook)  a(OCoLC)ocn819556971  aOUNcOUNdBTCTAdUKMGBdNZWLIdYDXCPdCDXdYNKdNDDdYBMdWAUdBDXdZCUdDLC  alccopycat00aDS244.63b.H36 20121 aHammond, Andrew,d1970-14aThe Islamic utopia :bthe illusion of reform in Saudi Arabia /cAndrew Hammond.  aLondon :bPluto ;aNew York :bDistributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan,c2012.  axi, 269 p. ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 253-261) and index.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.  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. 0aIslam and statezSaudi Arabia. 0aSaudi ArabiaxPolitics and governmenty1982- 0aSaudi ArabiaxForeign relations.  a7bcbcccopycatd2encipf20gy-gencatlg  2ddccBK  c15570d15570  001040708NFICaCIPSbCIPScGENd2013-09-30l0o953.8054 HAM 2012pCIPS0001564r2013-12-04w2013-12-04yBK