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Kamrava M - Qatar: Small State, Big Politics - 9780801452093 - V9780801452093
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Qatar: Small State, Big Politics

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Description for Qatar: Small State, Big Politics Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 1FBXQ; 3JMC; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.

The Persian Gulf state of Qatar has fewer than 2 million inhabitants, virtually no potable water, and has been an independent nation only since 1971. Yet its enormous oil and gas wealth has permitted the ruling al Thani family to exert a disproportionately large influence on regional and even international politics. Qatar is, as Mehran Kamrava explains in this knowledgeable and incisive account of the emirate, a "tiny giant": although severely lacking in most measures of state power, it is highly influential in diplomatic, cultural, and economic spheres.

Kamrava presents Qatar as an experimental country, building a new society while ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801452093
SKU
V9780801452093
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Kamrava M
Mehran Kamrava is Professor and Director of the Center for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar. He is the author of a number of books, including, most recently, Iran’s Intellectual Revolution and The Modern Middle East: A Political History since the First World War, 3rd edition. He is also the editor of The ... Read more

Reviews for Qatar: Small State, Big Politics
"Mehran Kamrava, a well-known expert on the middle East and the Persian Gulf, continues to contribute immensely to the intellectual life of Doha where he has been working since the establishment of Centre for International and Regional Studies at Georgetown University's School of Forgein Service in Qatar. Therefore, his book entitled Qatar: Small State, Big Politics came as no surprise ... Read more

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