Monarchies And Nations : Globalisation And Identity in the Arab States of the Gulf

List of Contributors v Preface vii Introduction: Societies, Identities and Global Issues Paul Dresch 1(33) PART I. CULTURE AND CONNECTEDNESS 1. Channels of Interaction: The Role of Gulf-Owned Media Firms in Globalisation Naomi Sakr 34(18) 2. Dialect and National Identity: The Cultural Politics of Self-Representation in Bahraini Musalsalat Clive Holes 52(21) 3. Cultural Construction, the Gulf and Arab London Christa Salarnanclra 73(23) PART II. LOCAL IDENTITIES: THE IMPORTANCE OF NATION-STATES 4. Transnational Connections and National Identity: Zanzibari Omanis in Muscat Madawi Al-Rasheed 96(18) 5. Neither Autocracy nor Democracy but Ethnocracy: Citizens, Expatriates and the Socio-Political System in Kuwait Anh Nga Longva 114(22) 6. Debates on Marriage and Nationality in the United Arab Emirates Paul Dresch 136(22) PART III. PRACTICAL AND MORAL ORDER 7. Public Order and Authority: Policing Kuwait Jill Crystal 158(24) 8. Gender, Religious Knowledge and Education in Oman Mandana E. Limbert 182(21) 9. Political Actors Without the Franchise: Women and Politics in Kuwait Haya al-Mughni and Mary Ann Tétreault 203(19) 10. Managing God's Guests: The Pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia and the Politics of Legitimacy James Piscatori 222(25) Notes 247(30) References Cited 277(24) Index 301