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Sectarian politics in the Gulf : from the Iraq war to the Arab uprisings /
Beginning with the 2003 invasion of Iraq and concluding with the Arab uprisings of 2011, Frederic Wehrey investigates the Shi'a-Sunni divide now dominating the Persian Gulf's political landscape. Focusing on three states affected most by sectarian tensions Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
[2014]
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| Colección: | Columbia studies in Middle East politics.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Beginning with the 2003 invasion of Iraq and concluding with the Arab uprisings of 2011, Frederic Wehrey investigates the Shi'a-Sunni divide now dominating the Persian Gulf's political landscape. Focusing on three states affected most by sectarian tensions Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait Wehrey identifies the factors that have exacerbated or tempered sectarianism, including domestic political institutions, the media, clerical establishments, and the contagion effect of external events, such as the Iraq civil war and the Arab uprisings. In addition to his analysis, Wehrey builds a historical. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 328 pages) : map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-304) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780231536103 0231536100 |