From Coup to Constitution, 1970-1996
by
Calvin H. Allen, W. Lynn Rigsbee II
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
This is an examination of the political, economic and social development of Oman from the accession Sultan Qaboos in a palace coup in 1970 to the promulation of the basic law of 1996. The book argues that the sultanate does not follow the "rentier" model but the patriarchal tradition.