By examining the corruption, treatment of dissidents, penal system, suppression of women and slavery, this book looks at the current human rights situation in Saudi Arabia. Detailing from pre-Islamic times to the present, it draws attention to the influence of Mohammed, the Saudi ascendancy, the role of the West, the discovery of oil and the wars in the region. Attention is also given to the various economic, political and religious problems that today face the Saudi regime and to the Saudi response. This book should be of interest to students of history, Middle East studies, politics, international relations and economics.
- ISBN10 0333711262
- ISBN13 9780333711262
- Publish Date 22 July 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 8 September 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 432
- Language English