Saudi Arabia in Transition: Insights on Social, Political, Economic and Religious Change

by Stéphane Lacroix and Thomas Hegghammer

Book Overview

Making sense of Saudi Arabia is crucially important today. The kingdom's western province contains the heart of Islam, and it is the United States' closest Arab ally and the largest producer of oil in the world. However, the country is undergoing rapid change: its aged leadership is ceding power to a new generation, and its society, dominated by young people, is restive. Saudi Arabia has long remained closed to foreign scholars, with a select few...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521185092
• ISBN13: 9780521185097
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 357 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"