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245 4 _aThe Gulf Family
_b: Kinship Policies and Modernity
_c/ Ed: Alanoud Alsharekh
260 _bSaqi Books; London Middle East Institute at SOAS;
_c2007
300 _a200p;
_c21x14cm;
490 _aSOAS Middle East Issues
520 _aAnalysis 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
546 _aEnglish
650 _aHN50-995 Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform- By region or country
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