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1 online resource (173 pages) |
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Exeter Critical Gulf Ser |
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Exeter Critical Gulf Ser
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| Contents |
Intro; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Gulfization of the Arab World; Making and Unmaking the Gulf; 1 Gulf Leadership in the Arab World: Nationalism to Hyper-Nationalism without ... ; Two-Way Flows: International versus Transnational Relations in the Gulf; Domestic Gulf Responses to Transnationalism; Regional Consequences of Gulf Expansion; Conclusion; Notes; 2 Heritage Industries and the UAE's and Qatar's Quest for Regional Cultural Legitimacy; Economic and Political Bases for Heritage Investment; Tourism, Heritage, and Museums; Conclusion; Notes |
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3 "True" Sons of Oman: National Narratives, Genealogical Purity and Transnational Connections in ... Historical Overview; Marriage and Histories of Migration; Irq and National Identity; Case Study 1: Genealogical Purity; Case Study 2: Mixed Genealogies; 'Irq and Transnational Connections; Conclusion; Notes; 4 Maintaining the Order: Contemporary Kuwaitisation Dynamics and their Historical Perspectives; Kuwaitisation Policy: Introduction and Historical Evolution; Kuwaitisation Policy Features; Contemporary Kuwaitisation Dynamics; Conclusions; Notes |
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5 Contesting the Iranian Revolution as a Turning-Point Discourse in Bahraini Contentious PoliticsMetanarrative of the Revolution as Turning-Point Discourse; Revisiting the Revolution; Transnational Narratives versus Longstanding Discrimination; The Persecution of the Baharna and the Shi'a; Resurgent Modalities of Repression and their Causes: From Independence to the Iranian Revolution; Conclusion; Notes; 6 Importing the Revolution: Institutional Change and the Egyptian Presence in Yemen, 1962-1967; State-Building and the Egyptian Model on Offer |
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Egyptian Intervention and the Development of the YAR MilitaryEgyptian State-Building and the Development of the YAR Administration; Conclusion; Notes; 7 Kuwaiti-Zubayri Intellectual Relations until the Beginning of the Twentieth Century ... ; The Significance of al-Zubayr in Kuwaiti History; The Ambiguous Notion of Nationality in the Region; The Status Quo of Religious Learning in al-Zubayr and Kuwait; A Case Study of Iraqi-Zubayri Cultural Influence on Knowledge and Education in Kuwait ... ; The Role of Publications, Clubs, and Social Institutions within Al-Rushayd's Intellectual Project |
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ConclusionNotes; List of References; About the Contributors |
| Summary |
From projecting ideology and influence, to maintaining a notion of 'Gulfness' through the selective exclusion or inclusion of certain beliefs, cultures and people, the notion of Gulfization is increasingly pertinent as Gulf countries occupy a greater political and economic role in wider Middle East politics. This volume discusses the notion of Gulfization, and examines how thoughts, ideologies, way of life and practices are transmitted, changed, and transduced inside and outside the Gulf. From historical perspectives such as the impact of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution in Yemen, to studies on th |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-164) |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- World -- Middle Eastern.
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Politics and government
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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Persian Gulf Region -- Politics and government
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Persian Gulf Region -- Social conditions
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Arab countries
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Persian Gulf Region
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Porter, Ross
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Valeri, Marc
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| ISBN |
9783959940337 |
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3959940335 |
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3959940327 |
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9783959940320 |
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