Courtney Freer, Alanoud Al-Sharekh

Tribalism and Political Power in the Gulf (eBook, PDF)

State-Building and National Identity in Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Gulf societies are often described as being intensely tribal. However, in discussions of state building and national identity, the role of tribalism and tribal identity is often overlooked. This book analyses the political role of tribes in Kuwait, Qatar and the UAE aiming to understand the degree to which tribes hinder or advance popular participation in government and to what extent they exert domestic political power.
The research traces the historical relationship between ruling elites and nomadic tribes, and, by constructing political histories of these states and analysing the role of tribes in domestic political life and social hierarchies, reveals how they serve as major political actors in the Gulf.
A key focus of the book is understanding the extent to which societies in the Gulf have become 're-bedouinised' in the modern era and how this has shaped these states' political processes and institutions. The book explores the roles that tribes play in the development of "progressive" citizenship regimes and policymaking today, and how they are likely to be influential in the future within rentier environments.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781838606091
• Artikelnr.: 62584253

Autorenporträt

Courtney Freer is Assistant Research Fellow at the Middle East Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She is the author of Rentier Islamism: The Influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in Gulf Monarchies (2018).

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: The Historical Relationship between Badu and Monarchies
Chapter Three: Heritage Production and Branding of the Modern Badu in State
Formation
Chapter Four: The Social Evolution of the Tribe
Chapter Five: Tribalisation of traditionally non-tribal actors and future
impact of the resurgence of tribal rhetoric
Chapter Six: Electoral Tribalism
Chapter Seven: Tribal Intersections in the Digital Age
Chapter Eight: Conclusion