Rentier Islamism :: the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in Gulf monarchies /

While scholars have long looked at the role of political Islam in the Middle East, it has been assumed that domestic politics in the wealthy monarchical states of the Arabian Gulf, so-called ""rentier states"" where taxes are very low and oil wealth subsidizes the needs of citize...

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1. Verfasser: Freer, Courtney Jean, 1986- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
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Zusammenfassung:While scholars have long looked at the role of political Islam in the Middle East, it has been assumed that domestic politics in the wealthy monarchical states of the Arabian Gulf, so-called ""rentier states"" where taxes are very low and oil wealth subsidizes the needs of citizens, are largely unaffected by such movements. Using contemporary history and original empirical research, Courtney Freer updates traditional rentier state theory and argues that political Islam serves as a prominent voice and tool to promote more strictly political, and often populist or reformist, views supported by m
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 281 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190862008
0190862009
9780190862022
0190862025

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