The Gulf family : kinship policies and modernity / edited by Alanoud Alsharekh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alsharekh, Alanoud.

London Middle East Institute.

Series:

SOAS Middle East issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kinship--Persian Gulf.

Kinship.

Family policy--Persian Gulf.

Family policy.

Persian Gulf.

Physical Description:

198 pages : genealogical tables, map ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; Berkeley, CA : Saqi ; London : in association with London Middle East Institute, SOAS, 2007.

Summary:

The six Arab states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are all monarchies, but their societies, economies and politics are organised primarily through kinship, in the form of extended families and tribes. No other region in the world consists of states so traditional in their organisation, but which are developing at rates well above global averages, and are ultra-modern in many other regards. The book examines the paradox of the persisting importance of family and tribe in the face of modernisation. It evaluates past and present roles of kinship in the GCC states, assesses the impact of change, and speculates on likely future patterns of social, economic and political organisation.

Contents:

1 Rulers, Merchants and Shaikhs in Gulf Politics / J. E. Peterson 21

2 Transnational Merchant Families in the Nineteenth-and Twentieth-Century Gulf / James Onley 37

3 Changing Circumstances: Gulf Trading Families in the Light of Free Trade Agreements, Globalization and the WTO / Jean-Francois Seznec 57

4 The Oil Boom and its Impact on Women and Families in Saudi Arabia / Salwa al-Khateeb 83

5 Gender, Family and the New Politics of the 2006 Kuwaiti Election / Alanoud Alsharekh 109

6 Family in the Kinship State / Ali al-Tarrah 119

7 Struggling for Primacy: The Ruling Family and the State in Contemporary Bahrain / Fred H. Lawson 125

8 The Family's Role in the Economy of the Kingdom of Bahrain / Shaikha Hind bint Salman al-Khalifa 159

9 Marriage, Status and the Politics of Nationality in Oman / Mandana E. Limbert 167.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780863566806

0863566804

OCLC:

124025915