The Political Transformation of Gulf Tribal States: Elitism and the Social Contract in Kuwait, Bahrain and Dubai, 1918-1970s 1845196155, 9781845196158

Persian Gulf States: Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates 9781615304073, 161530407X

Though smaller than most other Arab countries, the gulf states of Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and the United Arab Emir

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Population and Development of the Arab Gulf States : The Case of Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait [1 ed.] 9781351909952, 9780754632207

This thought-provoking study measures and critically examines the effects that an average population growth rate of 2.8%

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Gender and Politics in Kuwait: Women and Political Participation in the Gulf 9780755607914, 9781780763064

The role of women in politics in the Gulf is a much-debated and often little-understood subject in the West. In Gender a

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Beyond Political Correctness: Social Transformation in the United States 9781685850203

Cummings argues for a transformation of US culture and institutions through a frank analysis of taboo topics that requir

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The Making of the Modern Gulf States: Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman 9781138181823, 9781138119598, 9781315641904, 9781138184152, 9781315645407, 0044452934

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Social Policy, Political Economy and the Social Contract 9781447352624

In this challenging and original study, Jonathan Wistow positions social policy within political economy and social cont

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Kuwait and the Gulf 9781317244431, 9781138190405, 9781315628172, 9781138194496, 9781315629575

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Stateless Literature of the Gulf: Culture, Politics and the Bidun in Kuwait 9781788314572, 9780755635320, 9780755635313

The “Bidun” (“without nationality”) are a stateless community based across the Arab Gulf. There are an estimated 100,000

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City of Strangers: Gulf Migration and the Indian Community in Bahrain 9780801462207

In City of Strangers, Andrew M. Gardner explores the everyday experiences of workers from India who have migrated to the

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Migration in the Making of the Gulf Space: Social, Political, and Cultural Dimensions 9781800733510

Combining visual and literary analyses and original ethnographic studies as part of a more general political reflection,

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