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Al-Zoby, Mazhar A.; Baskan, Birol (eds.)

STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS IN THE ARAB GULF STATES

85.00 EUR

2014/07

This book examines the strategies and dynamics through which state-society relations in the Arab Gulfregion have been cultivated, and explores the alternative political, social, economic and popular changesthat threaten these relations. The work focuses on understanding how state sovereignty has beenshifting to accommodate internal social, cultural, and intellectual forces and how these forces havemanaged to balance social and political powers in order to function within and co-exist alongside thestate. - Case-studies give specific examples of how social forces, popular movements, social media andyouth culture are actively influencing cultural attitudes and practices as well as political actions.

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This volume is based on a workshop held at the Gulf Research Meeting organized by the Gulf ResearchCenter Cambridge in summer 2012.

Mazhar A. Al-Zoby, Dept. of International Affairs,Qatar University

Birol Baskan, Georgetown University, School ofForeign Service (Qatar Campus)

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Mazhar A. Al-Zoby and Birol Baskan (eds.)

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Contents

1 State-Society Relations in the Arab Gulf Region: Dilemmas and Prospects 1Mazhar Al-Zoby and Birol Baskan

2 The Internet and Youth in the United Arab Emirates 13Laure Assaf

3 Social Media and the Forging of a Transnational Shi’a Identity: the Case of the Kingdom of Bahrain 37Magdalena Karolak and Hala Asmina Guta

4 Social Media: Impacts on Arabian Gulf Youth and Governments 61Mahmood Abdul Ghaffar

5 The Emergence of Arab Children’s Television and Animation Industry in the Gulf States 77Omar Adam Sayfo

6 The Impact of Global Communications on Family Values in Qatar 101Mark Farha, Dalal K. Al-Thani and Miodrag Stamboldziev

7 Neoliberalism and the New Means of Art of Government in the Gulf Monarchies 123M. H. Ilias

8 State-Religion-Minorities Tensions in the Arab Gulf 141Cornelia Zeineddin

About the Contributors 167

Gerlach Press • Berlin & London • Cicerostr. 37 • D-10709 Berlin • GermanyTelephone +49.30.323 03 111 • Facsimile +49.30.323 56 67 • office@gerlach-press.de • www.gerlach-press.de