Sectarian Politics in the Persian Gulf.

Potter, Lawrence G.

Sectarian Politics in the Persian Gulf. - 1st ed. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2014. ©2014. - 1 online resource (374 pages)

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Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- About the Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. Understanding Sectarianism in the Persian Gulf -- 2. Sectarian Relations and Sunni Identity in Post-Civil War Iraq -- 3. The State and Sectarian Identities in the Persian Gulf Monarchies: Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait in Comparative Perspective -- 4. Royal Factions, Ruling Strategies, and Sectarianism in Bahrain -- 5. Identity Politics and Nation-Building under Sultan Qaboos -- 6. Yemen: Sectarianism and the Politics of Regime Survival -- 7. The Baluch Presence in the Persian Gulf -- 8. Iran's Ethnic, Religious, and Tribal Minorities -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Z.

Sunni-Shia relations in the GCC countries are analysed by the contributors in the wake of recent protests in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and elsewhere.

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Persian Gulf Region -- Ethnic relations. Sunnites -- Relations -- Shi?ah. Shi?ah -- Relations -- Sunnites. Islamic sects -- Political aspects -- Persian Gulf Region.


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