political system

This thesis seeks to examine the political and administrative organisations of al-Andalus during the period of the Almohads. It employs close analysis of the sources in order to explore how the Almohad government system worked and to identify the extent of the development and th…

The Document of National Understanding was concluded in Taif, Saudi Arabia on October 22, 1989. The Taif Accord ended Lebanon's fifteen-year civil war by creating a new sectarian equilibrium internally and establishing “privileged relations” with Syria externally. Lebanon's post…

This dissertation is a study of the relationship between culture and political legitimacy. Based on an analysis of issues of gender and law in the political system of Jordan, I argue that legitimacy, a crucial component of successful democratic systems, is significantly dependen…