Yemen's Democracy Experiment in Regional Perspective: Patronage and Pluralized Authoritarianism

by Sarah Phillips

Book Overview

Shortly after the Gulf War of 1990-91, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh met with the Iraqi Vice President and his envoy. President Saleh recommended that the smartest thing for President Saddam Hussein to do to recover from the damage to himself caused by the war was to democratise Iraq. President Saleh came to power thirteen years before offering this advice, presided over the creation of a new constitution that declared Yemen a democracy that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230609007
• ISBN13: 9780230609006
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.3"