Rentier Islamism : the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in Gulf monarchies /
While scholars have long looked at the role of political Islam in the Middle East, it has been assumed that domestic politics in the wealthy monarchical states of the Arabian Gulf, so-called ""rentier states"" where taxes are very low and oil wealth subsidizes the needs of citize...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2018]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | While scholars have long looked at the role of political Islam in the Middle East, it has been assumed that domestic politics in the wealthy monarchical states of the Arabian Gulf, so-called ""rentier states"" where taxes are very low and oil wealth subsidizes the needs of citizens, are largely unaffected by such movements. Using contemporary history and original empirical research, Courtney Freer updates traditional rentier state theory and argues that political Islam serves as a prominent voice and tool to promote more strictly political, and often populist or reformist, views supported by m |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 281 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190862008 0190862009 9780190862022 0190862025 |