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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| ISBN: | 1423729048 9781423729044 1282527924 9781282527928 6000008511 9786000008512 9780857714855 0857714856 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : societies, identities and global issues / Paul Dresch
- Channels of interaction : the role of Gulf-owned media firms in globalisation / Naomi Sakr
- Dialect and national identity : the cultural politics of self-representation in Bahraini Musalsalāt / Clive Holes
- Cultural construction, the Gulf and Arab London / Christa Salamandra
- Transnational connections and national identity : Zanzibari Omanis in Muscat / Madawi Al-Rasheed
- Neither autocracy nor democracy but ethnocracy : citizens, expatriates and the socio-political system in Kuwait / Anh Nga Longva
- Debates on marriage and nationality in the United Arab Emirates / Paul Dresch
- Public order and authority : policing Kuwait / Jill Crystal
- Gender, religious knowledge and education in Oman / Mandana E. Limbert
- Political actors without the franchise : women and politics in Kuwait / Haya al-Mughni, Mary Ann Tétreault
- Managing God's guests : the pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia and the politics of legitimacy / James Piscatori.