Constitutional reform and political participation in the Gulf / edited by Abdulhadi Khalaf, Giacomo Luciani.

"This volume is the main product of a workshop with the same title held in the context of the Sixth Mediterranean Social and Political Research Meeting. The Meeting took place from 16-20 March 2005 and was organized by the Mediterranean Programme of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Floremce."--P. 16.

Political reform measures from a domestic GCC perspective / Ahdulaziz Sager -- Rules of succession and political participation in the GCC states / Abdulhadi Khalaf -- Generations of Gulf constitutions : paths and perspectives / Gianluca Paolo Parolin -- Elections and parliamentary activity in the GCC states : broadening political participation in the Gulf monarchies / Andrzej Kapiszewski -- Media policy as a litmus test of political change in the GCC / Naomi Sakr -- The constitutionality of discrimination : a search for women's political equality in Kuwait / Farah AI-Nakib -- Liberalization from above : political reforms and sultanism in Oman / Marc Valeri -- The institutionalization of the Saudi political system and the birth of 'political personnel' / Camille Ammoun -- The new corporatism in Saudi Arabia : limits of formal politics / Steffen Hertog -- Democracy vs. shura in the age of the Internet / Giacomo Luciani.