Qatar : small state, big politics /

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The Persian Gulf state of Qatar has fewer than 2 million inhabitants, virtually no potable water, and has been an independent nation only since 1971. Yet its enormous oil and gas wealth has permitted the ruling al Thani family to exert a disproportionately large influence on regional and even intern...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kamrava, Mehran, 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Subjects:
POLITICAL SCIENCE > World > Middle Eastern.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Diplomatic relations
Politics and government
Qatar > Politics and government.
Qatar > Foreign relations.
Qatar
Middle East
Regionalism (International relations)
Power (International relations)
Foreign policy
Political conditions
Statistics
Overseas item
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Setting the stage
  • The subtle powers of a small state
  • Foreign policy and power projection
  • The stability of royal autocracy
  • State capacity and high modernism
  • Qatar's moment in history.

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