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_aThe Gulf Family _b: Kinship Policies and Modernity _c/ Ed: Alanoud Alsharekh |
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_bSaqi Books; London Middle East Institute at SOAS; _c2007 |
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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 | ||
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650 | _aHN50-995 Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform- By region or country | ||
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