The Gulf Family
Kinship Policies and Modernity
November 2007
Trade Paperback · 180 Pages
$21.95 U.S. · $26.50 CAN
ISBN 9780863566806
Saqi Books
Trade Paperback · 180 Pages
$21.95 U.S. · $26.50 CAN
ISBN 9780863566806
Saqi Books
Recommended for These Courses
- Area Studies: Middle Eastern Studies
- Business and Economics: Comparative Economics
- Business and Economics: Economics / General
- History: Middle Eastern
- International Relations: General
- Middle East Studies: General
- Political Science: General
- Political Science: International Relations
- Sociology: General
- Sociology: Islamic Studies
Description
The contributors in The Gulf Family examine the paradox of the persisting importance of family and tribe in the face of modernization. They evaluate past and present roles of kinship in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) states, assess the impacts of change, and speculate on likely future patterns of social, economic, and political organization. Published in association with the London Middle East Institute at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies).
Alanoud Alsharekh is a member of the Advisory Council of the London Middle East Institute at the School of Oriental and African Studies and a consultant for the United Nations Development Fund for Women.
Alanoud Alsharekh is a member of the Advisory Council of the London Middle East Institute at the School of Oriental and African Studies and a consultant for the United Nations Development Fund for Women.
About the Author
Dr Alanoud Alsharekh is a member of the Advisory Council of the London Middle East Institute at the School of Oriental and African Studies and a consultant for the United Nations Development Fund for Women. She is one of the few individual recipients of a Middle East Partnership Initiative grant and is currently working as a consultant for UNIFEM.