The Gulf Family : Kinship Policies and Modernity / Ed: Alanoud Alsharekh

Material type: Text

TextSeries: SOAS Middle East IssuesPublication details: Saqi Books; London Middle East Institute at SOAS; 2007Description: 200p; 21x14cmISBN:

9780863566806

Subject(s):

HN50-995 Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform- By region or country

Summary: Analysis of the social structure of Arabs in the GCC countries, that is embracing modernisation while holding on to its traditional tribal systems. Contents: 1. Rulers, merchants and shaikhs in Gulf politics / J.E. Peterson 2. Transnational merchant families in the ninetennth- and twentieth-century Gulf / James Onley 3. Changing circumstances: Gulf trading families in the light of Free Trade Agreements, globalization and the WTO / Jean-Francois Seznec 4. The oil boom and its impact on women and families in Saudi Arabia / Salwa al Khateeb 5. Gender, family and the new politics of the 2006 Kuwaiti election / Alanoud Alsharekh 6. Family in the kinship state / Ali al Tarrah 7. Struggling for primacy: The ruling family and the state in contemporary Bahrain / Fred H. Lawson 8. The Family's role in the economy of the kingdom of Bahrain / Shaikha Hind bint Salman al Khalifa 9. Marriage, status and the politics of nationality in Oman / Mandana E. Limbert

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	SAF Reference Library	Social Sciences	HN50-995 72.017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available
Book	SAF Reference Library	Social Sciences	HN50-995 72.017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available

Analysis of the social structure of Arabs in the GCC countries, that is embracing modernisation while holding on to its traditional tribal systems. Contents: 1. Rulers, merchants and shaikhs in Gulf politics / J.E. Peterson 2. Transnational merchant families in the ninetennth- and twentieth-century Gulf / James Onley 3. Changing circumstances: Gulf trading families in the light of Free Trade Agreements, globalization and the WTO / Jean-Francois Seznec 4. The oil boom and its impact on women and families in Saudi Arabia / Salwa al Khateeb 5. Gender, family and the new politics of the 2006 Kuwaiti election / Alanoud Alsharekh 6. Family in the kinship state / Ali al Tarrah 7. Struggling for primacy: The ruling family and the state in contemporary Bahrain / Fred H. Lawson 8. The Family's role in the economy of the kingdom of Bahrain / Shaikha Hind bint Salman al Khalifa 9. Marriage, status and the politics of nationality in Oman / Mandana E. Limbert

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