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All in the Family: Absolutism, Revolution, and Democracy in the Middle Eastern Monarchies

Michael Herb · State University of New York Press · 1999

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Book
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Michael Herb
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Develops the concept of 'dynastic monarchy', in which members of the ruling family monopolise top state posts and collectively select the ruler.

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DisputedWhy no Arab monarchy fell to revolution in 2011 is disputed: Menaldo attributes monarchic stability to a political culture that helps rulers make credible commitments, while Yom and Gause attribute it to cross-cutting coalitions, hydrocarbon wealth and foreign patronage, without which monarchies are as vulnerable as other autocracies.TheoryCollective control of the top state posts by the ruling family ('dynastic monarchy') made the Gulf monarchies, including Saudi Arabia, more resilient than single-ruler monarchies that were overthrown in Egypt, Iraq, Libya and Iran.