Monarchies and nations : globalisation and identity in the Arab states of the Gulf /
*No book on the sociology of the Gulf exists *Highly topical in view of regional insecurities *Editors and contributors are top flight names Despite their small populations, the Arab states of the Gulf exercise an enormous and global influence. In most academic literature, however, they are treated...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris,
2005.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 1423729048 9781423729044 1282527924 9781282527928 6000008511 9786000008512 9780857714855 0857714856 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | *No book on the sociology of the Gulf exists *Highly topical in view of regional insecurities *Editors and contributors are top flight names Despite their small populations, the Arab states of the Gulf exercise an enormous and global influence. In most academic literature, however, they are treated as if their only importance were as counters on a strategic game board. This book takes a quite different approach. By combining the views of anthropologists, political scientists and others, it explores how the citizen populations of these states define themselves in a wider context. As elsewhere i. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 311 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-299) and index. |
| Series: | Library of modern Middle East studies.
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