The political transformation of Gulf tribal states : elitism and the social contract in Kuwait, Bahrain and Dubai, 1918-1970s / / Shaul Yanai

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463762903321
• Autore: Yanai Shaul
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Sussex, England : , : Sussex Academic Press, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-84519-615-5; 1-78284-180-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (351 p.)
• Disciplina: 953.6
• Soggetti: Social change - Persian Gulf States - History - 20th century; Political culture - Persian Gulf States - History - 20th century; Tribal government - Persian Gulf States - History - 20th century; Elite (Social sciences) - Persian Gulf States - History - 20th century; Social contract - Persian Gulf States - History - 20th century; Electronic books.; Persian Gulf States Politics and government 20th century; Kuwait Politics and government 20th century; Bahrain Politics and government 20th century; Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) Politics and government 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; About the Book & About the Author; Dedication; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Prof. Uzi Rabi; Preface; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Part I: From Chiefdom's to Tribal States: Kuwait, Bahrain, and Dubai until 1930; Introduction to Part I; Chapter 1: Foundations of the Tribal State; Tribal Society in Transition; Kuwait: The Essence of a Tribal Merchant State; Bahrain: Tribal-State Relations; Dubai: Chiefdom and State; Summary; Chapter 2: Relations between Merchant Elites and Ruling Families: From the late Nineteenth Century to the Early 1920's; The Roots of Political Rivalry between the Elites and Ruling Families ; Kuwait: Sources of Utub Elite Power; Undermining the Status of the Utub Elite; Bahrain: Tribal Elite-State Conflict; Dubai: The al-Maktoum Family and the Tribal Elite; Summary; Chapter 3: The Rise of the Tribal State in the 1920's; Kuwait: The 1921 Majlis; The Elite between Crisis and Reform; Bahrain: Institutionalization of the Tribal State; Uprising of the Tribal Elite; Dubai: Preservation of the Tribal State; Schism and Crisis in the al-Maktoum Family; Summary of Part I; Part II: The Change in Tribal Policy: The Period of Centralism and Parliamentarianism, 1930-1938 Introduction to Part II; Chapter 4: Modernization, Tradition and the Utub Elite in Kuwait; The Concentration of Power: Sheikh Ahmad al-Sabah; The Demand for Reforms in the Second Half of the 1930's; Sheikh Ahmad al-Sabah's Foreign Policy; The Reform Movement of 1938; Chapter 5: Dubai: Tradition and Modernization; Attempts at Regime Change; The Weakening of the Tribal Elite; Dubai's Reform Movement of 1938; Chapter 6: Bahrain: Modernization of the Tribal State in the 1930's; Building State Institutions The Shiite Reform Movement of 1935; The Reform Movement of 1938; Britain and the Reform Movement of 1938; The Failure of the 1938 Reform Movement; Summary of Part II; Part III: Parliamentarianism and Tribalism: The Crisis Years, 1938-1940; Introduction to Part III; Chapter 7: Kuwait's Legislative Council, 1938-1939; The Struggle over the Legislative Council's Powers; Modernization of the Tribal State; Opposition to the Legislative Council; Dissolution of the Legislative Council; Election of the Second Legislative Council and Debate over its Powers; The Failure of the Kuwaiti Constitutional Council Chapter 8: Dubai's Legislative Council, 1938-1940; Institutionalization of the Tribal State; The Power Struggle between the Legislative Council and Sheikh Sa'id al-Maktoum; The Violent Dissolution of the Legislative Council; Explaining the Legislative Council's Failure; Part IV: Parliamentarianism in the Age of Independence; Introduction to Part IV; Chapter 9: The Development of a New Political Culture; Conflicts within the Kuwaiti al-Sabah Family Prior to Independence; A New Political Culture in the al-Sabah family; The Integration of the Merchant Families into State-building
• Sommario/riassunto: This study details how the reform movements and attempts to establish parliamentary institutions in the Persian Gulf states of Kuwait, Bahrain, and Dubai between the First World War and the independent era of the 1970's represented a milestone in the history of the region, creating a legacy for future generations, but was a unique transition in the Arab world. An important work to understanding the history of the Persian Gulf states, the book illustrates how, as this new political and social order evolved, ideas of national struggle and national rights penetrated Gulf societies. Gulf citizens w