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Explores the politics influencing the volatile situation in this region, as well as specific measures devised by regimes in power to adjust to the challenges of the current environment. It first focuses on the politics of seven Gulf states - Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE - and then considers the forces that are shaping current political attitudes and behaviour across the region.

Is it accurate to equate "fundamentalism" with antimodernism? What explains the presence of religious activists in world politics? This text looks at the phenomenon of religious resurgence.

These essays consider what happens after feminists succeed in achieving social change or in founding organizations dedicated to accomplishing their personal and social goals. They explore the theoretical dilemmas and politics of living with raised consciousness in "worlds of our own making".

A sophisticated investigation of the shifting tides of democratic governance in modern Kuwait from 1921 to the present based on interviews both with political activists and members of the political elite, Stories of Democracy sheds light on a wide array of issues concerning Middle Eastern politics and democratic institutions in general.Mary Ann Tétreault explores how various political factions have sought to advance their own notions of Kuwait...

?The most comprehensive analysis to date of the structure, purposes, achievements, and prospects of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC).... Tetreault's work will appeal most to advanced students of international and regional organization, economic development, and world oil politics.... Careful documentation, an extensive bibliography, and numerous tables and charts enhance the value of the work.?-Choice

?Tetreault uses political rather than economic analysis to discuss the significant changes that took place in the world petroleum market between 1960 and today. ... Overall, the analysis is very general and may appear exaggerated to economists, but it is principally correct. ... Altogether an interesting and well-written book that deals with a number of very complex topics. University and large public library collections.?-Choice

How might we see world affairs if we started with people, families, and communities instead of presidents, governments, and militaries? After all, it is people who make up cities, states, and corporations, and it is their beliefs and behaviors that explain why some parts of the world seem so peaceful while others appear so violent, why some societies are so rich while others are so poor. This unique look at contemporary global politics begins ...

Economic and strategic power is not the exclusive province of powerful, developed countries. Kuwait has used its main resource, oil, to integrate itself into the world economy as an autonomous actor rather than as a dependent commodity exporter. This daring economic strategy enabled Kuwait to claim military support from governments hosting its direct investments overseas in 1990-91 following its invasion by Iraq. Based on five years of researc...

The university is a place where students come to acquire knowledge and skills. It also is a collection of spaces where they can discover and develop their capacities to create and perform on a larger stage than family and neighborhood. Some of this informal learning is accomplished through living in a university community, where courses and curricula correspond to those at comparable institutions but spaces and places for informal learning var...

Now in a fully updated and revised edition, this concise and engaging text introduces global politics and international relations with an emphasis on the "social individual." Using practical examples as well as theory, the authors show students how they can take charge of their lives and the politics that affect them, even in the context of a vast global economy and impersonal international forces that sometimes seem out of control. Filled wit...