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Monarchies and Nations: Globalisation and Identity in the Arab States of the Gulf
Paul Dresch
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Description for Monarchies and Nations: Globalisation and Identity in the Arab States of the Gulf
Paperback. Despite their small populations, Arab states exercise an enormous and global influence. By combining the views of anthropologists, political scientists and others, this book explores how the citizen populations of these states define themselves in a wider context. Editor(s): Dresch, Paul; Piscatori, James P. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBX; HBJF; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 436.
Despite their small populations, the Arab states of the Gulf exercise an enormous and wide-reaching influence. But all too often, these states are treated as if their only importance were as pawns in a global strategic board game, and they are simply dealt with as mere models of the intersection of oil, wealth and power. Here, Paul Dresch and James Piscatori bring together a more nuanced picture: exploring how the citizen populations of these states define themselves in a wider context. The Gulf provides extreme examples of the nexus of identities, not only because these polities are so dependent ... Read more
Despite their small populations, the Arab states of the Gulf exercise an enormous and wide-reaching influence. But all too often, these states are treated as if their only importance were as pawns in a global strategic board game, and they are simply dealt with as mere models of the intersection of oil, wealth and power. Here, Paul Dresch and James Piscatori bring together a more nuanced picture: exploring how the citizen populations of these states define themselves in a wider context. The Gulf provides extreme examples of the nexus of identities, not only because these polities are so dependent ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848858664
SKU
V9781848858664
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About Paul Dresch
Paul Dresch is a lecturer in Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford. James Piscatori is Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford and the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.
Reviews for Monarchies and Nations: Globalisation and Identity in the Arab States of the Gulf
'Monarchies and Nations breaks new ground, challenging many common presuppositions about the centrality of transnationalism in the Gulf. Paul Dresch and James Piscatori have produced a well-integrated multidisciplinary volume, whose well-documented, insightful case studies shed new light on the extent to which significant differences in nationalities, citizenship and gender are determining factors in the development of national identity of Gulf ... Read more