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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2016]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
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.