TY - BOOK AU - Davidson,Christopher M. TI - From sheikhs to sultanism: statecraft and authority in Saudi Arabia and the UAE T2 - Oxford scholarship online SN - 9780197610862 (ebook) : AV - JQ1840 U1 - 320.953 23 PY - 2021/// CY - London PB - Hurst & Company KW - åAl Sa°åud, Muòhammad bin Salmåan bin °Abd al-°Azåiz, KW - Al Nahyan, Sultan bin Khalifa Zayed. KW - Sultanate KW - Saudi Arabia KW - Politics and government KW - 1982- KW - United Arab Emirates KW - 1971- KW - Economic conditions N1 - Also issued in print: 2021; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - Muhammad bin Salman Al-Saud and Muhammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the respective princely strongmen of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have torn up the old rules. They have spurred game-changing economic master plans, presided over vast anti-corruption crackdowns, tackled entrenched religious forces, and overseen the mass arrest of critics. In parallel, they also appear to have replaced the old 'sheikhly' consensus systems of their predecessors with something more autocratic, more personalistic, and perhaps even analytically distinct. These are the two wealthiest and most populous Gulf monarchies, and increasingly important global powers - Saudi Arabia is a G20 member, and the UAE is the 2020 World Expo host. Such sweeping changes to their statecraft and authority structures could well end up having a direct impact, for better or worse, on policies, economies and individual lives all around the world UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/lords.parliament.uk?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197586488.001.0001 ER -