- Description
- 1 online resource (xx, 328 p.)
- Series Statement
- Columbia studies in Middle East politics
- Uniform Title
- Sectarian politics in the Gulf (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Sectarian politics in the Gulf (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- The roots of sectarianism. Governance, society, and identity in the gulf -- The long shadow of the iranian revolution -- Bahrain. Debating participation: the Bahraini Shi'a and regional influences -- Sectarian balancing: the Bahraini Sunnis and a polarized parliament -- Into the abyss: the pearl roundabout uprising and its aftermath -- Saudi Arabia. Between loyalty and rejection: the Saudi Shi'a -- Under siege: the salafi and regime counter-mobilization -- Waving 'Uthman's shirt: Saudi Arabia's sectarian spring -- Kuwait. Renegotiating a ruling bargain: the Kuwaiti Shi'a -- Tilting toward repression: the Sunni opposition and the Kuwaiti regime -- A balancing act goes awry: sectarianism and Kuwait's mass protests.
- LCCN
- 2013003977
- OCLC
- ssj0001083676
- Author
Wehrey, Frederic M.
- Title
Sectarian politics in the Gulf [electronic resource] : from the Iraq war to the Arab uprisings / Frederic M. Wehrey.
- Imprint
New York [N.Y.] : Columbia University Press, 2014.
- Series
Columbia studies in Middle East politics
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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