The Making of Contemporary Kuwait
Identity, Politics, and its Survival Strategy
- 246 pages
- English
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The Making of Contemporary Kuwait
Identity, Politics, and its Survival Strategy
About this book
This book explores the contemporary history, governance, foreign policy, political economy, culture, and society of Kuwait. It highlights the dynamics of the country, putting forward both an overview of each subject covered and new research findings. It begins by providing a historical understanding of state formation and goes on to examine state structure, including the ruling monarchy, state legitimacy, and the creation of the Constitution and the National Assembly. It considers foreign policy, including the tools of diplomacy, the state's regional and international approach, and the factors that have formed and reformed Kuwait's strategic policy in the global arena. It assesses the economy, including rentierism, the labour market both for locals and for migrants, the class system, and the process of Kuwaitization; and it discusses Kuwaiti society and national identity, as well as investigates issues of women, civil society, youth, and the Bidoon minority. Overall, the book provides a full and detailed analysis of contemporary Kuwait and of the factors which are bringing about new developments.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- About the Editors
- List of Contributors
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- 1 Contemporary Kuwait through the State and Society: An Introduction
- 2 Kuwait’s Political History: From Tribal Sheikhdom to Semi-democratic State
- 3 Kuwait: A Political System in Crisis
- 4 From Grassroots to Public Diplomacy Diwaniyya as an Alternative Sociopolitical Institution
- 5 Kuwait’s Foreign Aid: Motivations and Allocations
- 6 Intra-Gulf Dynamics: Pursuit of Survival within the GCC
- 7 Kuwait’s Relations with the Global Powers: US, Russia, and China
- 8 Kuwait and the Palestinian Cause: Mutual Search for National Pride
- 9 Role of Urbanization in Changing Social Norms to Laws: Impact on Status of Kuwaiti Women
- 10 Political Economy of Kuwait through the Prism of Its Hydrocarbon Sector
- 11 Citizenship, Identity, and Human Rights in Kuwait
- 12 Kuwait’s Publication Law: A Civil Act to Protect Freedom of Expression
- 13 Culture, Politics, and Citizenship in Kuwait
- Index