Monarchies and nations : globalisation and identity in the Arab states of the Gulf /

Other Authors: Dresch, Paul.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2005.
Series:Library of Modern Middle East Studies
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Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=137825
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.