Group Conflict and Political Mobilization in Bahrain and the Arab Gulf Rethinking the Rentier State

The oil-producing states of the Arab Gulf are said to sink or swim on their capacity for political appeasement through economic redistribution. Yet, during the popular uprisings of the Arab Spring, in Bahrain and all across the Arab Gulf, ordinary citizens showed an unexpected enthusiasm for politic...

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Autor principal: Gengler, Justin (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, IN : Indiana University Press 2015.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Indiana Series in Middle East Studies.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:The oil-producing states of the Arab Gulf are said to sink or swim on their capacity for political appeasement through economic redistribution. Yet, during the popular uprisings of the Arab Spring, in Bahrain and all across the Arab Gulf, ordinary citizens showed an unexpected enthusiasm for political protest directed against governments widely assumed to have co-opted their support with oil revenues. Justin Gengler draws on the first-ever mass political survey in Bahrain to demonstrate that neither is the state willing to offer all citizens the same bargain, nor are all citizens willing to ac.
Descripción Física:418 p.
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
ISBN:9780253016867