TY  - BOOK
TI  - Tribes and power: : nationalism and ethnicity in the Middle East
SN  - 9780863568046
PY  - 2003///
CY  - London
PB  - Saqi Books
KW  - DS36-39.2 History of Asia- Arab countries
N2  - Tribes and Power provides a comprehensive understanding of the structure, functioning, and change of today's Middle Eastern tribes. In some Middle Eastern countries, tribalism has been strengthened by centralized policies, modern technology, and the market economy. This stimulating collection scrutinizes the complexities of kinship structures in Arab and Islamic cultures, and contains case studies of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia--Publisher's description
ER  -