Tribes and the state in Libya and Iraq : from the nationalist era to the new order / Alison Pargeter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pargeter, Alison, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tribes--Political aspects--Iraq.

Tribes.

Tribes--Political aspects--Libya.

Iraq--Politics and government--2003-.

Iraq.

Libya--Politics and government--2011-.

Libya.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (340 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024.

Summary:

Regime change in Libya (2011) and Iraq (2003) catapulted a host of sub-state actors to the fore, including tribes, which have emerged as influential political, security and social actors. But despite this increased role and visibility, tribes remain poorly understood. Often mistakenly associated with the 'periphery' or with 'pre-national' or 'pre-modern' forms of political organisation, they are routinely portrayed as the antithesis of the state. Yet tribes - the Middle East's oldest, most enduring and most controversial social entities - have proved able to adapt and evolve, entering into mutually beneficial relationships with various regimes. Based on interviews with tribal sheikhs, tribal representatives and other stakeholders, Alison Pargeter traces the role of the tribe in Libya and Iraq from the revolutionary nationalist period into the fraught transitions that followed.

Contents:

Cover

Half title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

Section I Libya

1. From Palace to Revolution: Tribes and the Coming to Power of the Nationalist State

2. Tribes and Qadhafi's Revolutionary Toolbox: From Khout Al-Jed to Social Control

3. Tribes, Revolution and Revenge

4. Tribes and the Post-2014 Order

Section II Iraq

5. Tribes and the Iraqi Republic

6. Tribes and the Ba'athist State

7. Tribes, Occupation and Shi'ite Iraq

8. Tribes and Mobilisation: Politics, Power and Protests

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Back cover.

Notes:

Originally published: London: Hurst & Company, 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 9, 2024).

ISBN:

0-19-778284-1

0-19-778332-5

OCLC:

1429659560