Tribalism and Political Power in the Gulf

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

Courtney Freer, Alanoud Al-Sharekh (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2021
I.B. Tauris (Verlag)
978-1-83860-608-4 (ISBN)

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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.

Alanoud al-Sharekh is the Director of Ibtkar Strategic Consultancy leading political, leadership and diversity training programs in Kuwait and the GCC region. She is chairperson of the Chaillot award winning Abolish 153 campaign to end honor killing legislations, and a cofounder of Mudhawis List, a platform to support women running for political office. Her research won the Arab Prize for best publication in a foreign journal in 2014, and includes books such as The Gulf Family, and Popular and Political Cultures of the Arabian Gulf States, examining the persistent importance of family and tribe in modern Gulf politics and society. She is currently a MENA Fellow at Chatham House and a Research Fellow at AGISW. 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)..

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

Erscheinungsdatum	22.10.2021
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	513 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-83860-608-4 / 1838606084
ISBN-13	978-1-83860-608-4 / 9781838606084
Zustand	Neuware