The Gulf Family : Kinship Policies and Modernity

Preface 7(2) Khalid al-Tarrah Introduction 9(12) Alanoud Alsharekh Rulers, Merchants and Shaikhs in Gulf Politics 21(16) J. E. Peterson Transnational Merchant Families in the Nineteenth-and Twentieth-Century Gulf 37(20) James Onley Changing Circumstances: Gulf Trading Families in the Light of Free Trade Agreements, Globalization and the WTO 57(26) Jean-Francois Seznec The Oil Boom and its Impact on Women and Families in Saudi Arabia 83(26) Salwa al-Khateeb Gender, Family and the New Politics of the 2006 Kuwaiti Election 109(10) Alanoud Alsharekh Family in the Kinship State 119(6) Ali al-Tarrah Struggling for Primacy: The Ruling Family and the State in Contemporary Bahrain 125(34) Fred H. Lawson The Family's Role in the Economy of the Kingdom of Bahrain 159(8) Shaikha Hind bint Salman al-Khalifa Marriage, Status and the Politics of Nationality in Oman 167(14) Mandana E. Limbert Notes on Contributors 181(6) Further Reading 187(5) Index 192