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Saudi Arabia

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The Statesman’s Yearbook 2019

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  • Aarts, Paul, Saudi Arabia in the Balance: Political Economy, Society, Foreign Affairs. 2006

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  • Al-Rasheed, Madawi, A History of Saudi Arabia. 2002

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  • Al-Rasheed, Madawi and Vitalis, Robert, (eds.) Counter-Narratives: History, Contemporary Society, and Politics in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. 2004

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  • Bradley, John R., Saudi Arabia Exposed. Revised ed. 2006

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  • Hegghammer, Thomas, Jihad in Saudi Arabia: Violence and Pan-Islamism since 1979. 2010

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  • Kostiner, J., The Making of Saudi Arabia: from Chieftaincy to Monarchical State. 1994

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  • Lacey, Robert, Inside the Kingdom: Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists and the Struggle for Saudi Arabia. 2009

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  • Mackey, Sandra, The Saudis: Inside the Desert Kingdom. Revised ed. 2003

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  • Manea, Elham, Regional Politics in the Gulf: Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen. 2005

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  • Murphy, Caryle, A Kingdom’s Future: Saudi Arabia through the Eyes of its Twentysomethings. 2013

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  • Peterson, J. E., Historical Dictionary of Saudi Arabia. 1994

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  • Vassiliev, Alexei, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia: Personality, Faith and Times. 2012

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  • Wright, J. W. (ed.) Business and Economic Development in Saudi Arabia: Essays with Saudi Scholars. 1996

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  • National Statistical Office: Ministry of Economy and Planning, Central Department of Statistics and Information, Riyadh.

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  • Website: http://www.stats.gov.sa

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(2019). Saudi Arabia. In: The Statesman’s Yearbook 2019. The Statesman's Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-95321-9_318

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