The Son King: Reform and Repression in Saudi Arabia

Al-Rasheed, Madawi

ISBN 10: 0197558143 / ISBN 13: 9780197558140

Published by Oxford University Press, 2021

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Son King: Reform and Repression in Saudi Arabia
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197558143
• ISBN 13: 9780197558140
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

In 2018, journalist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered by Saudi regime operatives, shocking the international community and tarnishing the reputation of Muhammad bin Salman, the kingdom's young, reformist crown prince. Domestically, bin Salman's reforms have proven divisive, and his adoption of populist nationalism and fierce repression of diverse critical voices--religious scholars, feminists and dissident youth--have failed to silence a vibrant and well-connected Saudi society.

Madawi Al-Rasheed lays bare the world of repression behind the crown prince's reforms. She dissects the Saudi regime's propaganda and progressive new image, while also dismissing Orientalist views that despotism is the only pathway to stable governance in the Middle East. Charting old and new challenges to the fragile Saudi nation from the kingdom's very inception, this blistering book exposes the dangerous contradictions at the heart of the Son King's Saudi Arabia.

About the Author

Madawi Al-Rasheed is Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics Middle East Centre. She is the author and editor of several books on Saudi Arabia, most recently Salman's Legacy: The Dilemmas of a New Era in Saudi Arabia.