Tribes and states in a changing Middle East /

At the outset of the 21st century and in the midst of the Arab Spring, tribe-state relations are a useful frame of reference through which to analyse the Middle East on a state-by-state basis. 'Tribes and States in a Changing Middle East' looks beyond the dichotomy between tribe and state....

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Other Authors: Rābī, ʻŪzī (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
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Table of Contents:
  • From Abdullah I to Abdullah II : the monarchy, the tribes and the Shaykhly families in Jordan, 1920-2012
  • Tribes and patronage networks in Qatar
  • Blakgammon or chess? The state of tribalism and tribal leadership in the United Arab Emirates
  • The sultanate of Oman : between tribalism and national unity
  • Al Sa'ud : an ambivalent approach to tribalism
  • Yemen : tribes, the state, and the unravelling
  • Bedouin tribes in contemporary Syria : alternative perceptions of authority, management, and control
  • Tribes in Iraq : a negligible factor in state formation
  • Bahrain : the Emiri State System's bloody bulwark against the Arab Spring
  • Tribes and modern states : an alternative approach
  • The nation in tribal societies : reflections on K.H. al-Naqib's studies on the gulf.