Foreword
Political Change and Participation in the Gulf Cooperation Council
States
Kuwait
Bahrain
The Consultative Councils of the Lower Gulf
Changing Expectations and the Role of the National Councils
Index
Why do monarchies, which seem to be dying out everywhere else, thrive in the Middle East? The answer by Peterson, an expert on the arabian peninsula who has already written fine books on Oman and North Yemen, is that the Emirs of the Arab Gulf have sought to be accountable to their citizens through a flexible mixture of traditional assemblies like the diwan and modern instruments like parliaments and an independent press. Choice
J. E. PETERSON is Adjunct Fellow in Middle East Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
. . . as an analysis of the often halting steps so far taken toward
political participation in the area it will remain a useful survey
for some time to come.
*Journal of Developing Areas*
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