Routledge Handbook of Persian Gulf Politics

<p>The <i>Routledge Handbook of Persian Gulf Politics </i>provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of Persian Gulf politics, history, economics, and society. </p><p>The volume begins its examination of Ottoman rule in the Arabian Peninsula, exploring other dimensions of the region’s history up until and after independence in the 1960s and 1970s. Featuring scholars from a range of disciplines, the book demonstrates how the Persian Gulf’s current, complex politics is a product of interwoven dynamics rooted in historical developments and memories, profound social, cultural, and economic changes underway since the 1980s and the 1990s, and inter-state and international relations among both regional actors and between them and the rest of the world. The book comprises a total of 36 individual chapters divided into the following six sections:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Historical Context</li> <p> </p> <li>Society and Culture</li> <p> </p> <li>Economic Development</li> <p> </p> <li>Domestic Politics</li> <p> </p> <li>Regional Security Dynamics</li> <p> </p> <li>The Persian Gulf and the World</li> </ul><p>Examining the Persian Gulf’s increasing importance in regional politics, diplomacy, economics, and security issues, the volume is a valuable resource for scholars, students, and policy makers interested in political science, history, Gulf studies, and the Middle East.</p> <p>Introduction 1. Politics in Persian Gulf: An Overview <em>Mehran Kamrava</em> <strong>Part I. Historical Context </strong>2. The Ottomans in the Arabian Peninsula <em>Aiza Khan </em>3. The Persian Gulf in the Pre-Protectorate Period: 1790–1853 <em>Allen Fromherz </em>4. Sa‘udi Arabia and the 1744 Alliance between the al-Sa‘ud and the al-Shaykh: A Legitimizing and Enduring Union <em>Joseph Kéchichian </em>5. Britain’s Presence in the Persian Gulf, 1617–2019 <em>W. Taylor Fain </em>6. The States of the Persian Gulf: From Protectorates to Independent Countries <em>Lucy M. Abbott </em><strong>Part II. Society and Culture </strong>7. Modernity and the Arab Gulf States: The Politics of Heritage, Memory, and Forgetting <em>Farah Al-Nakib </em>8. Evolving Family Patterns in the Arabian Peninsula <em>Amira Sonbol </em>9. Migrant Urbanism in Gulf Cities: A Reality without Vision? <em>Florian Wiedmann </em>10. Social Division in Iraq: Ahl al-Shiqāq wa-l-Nifāq? <em>Fanar Haddad </em>11. Sectarianism in the Gulf Monarchies: Regional and Domestic Factors of Sunni-Shi‘a Tensions <em>Laurence Louër </em>12. Redefining Women’s Roles in the Gulf’s Oil Monarchies <em>Mandana E. Limbert </em>13. Oil for Art’s Sake: Art and Culture in the GCC <em>Suzi Mirgani </em><strong>Part III. Economic Development </strong>14. Rentier Political Economy in the Oil Monarchies <em>Jessie Moritz </em>15. Global Energy Markets and the Persian Gulf <em>Li-Chen Sim </em>16. The Emergence and Spread of the “Dubai Model” in the GCC Countries <em>Martin Hvidt </em>17. Labor Migration in the Persian Gulf <em>Zahra Babar </em>18. Revisiting the Gulf’s Divided Labor Markets <em>Michael Ewers and Ryan Dicce </em>19. Working Women in the Oil Monarchies <em>Nawra Al Lawati and Gail J. Buttorff </em><strong>Part IV. Domestic Politics </strong>20. Nationalism in Iran <em>Hamid Ahmadi </em>21. Nationalism in the Persian Gulf’s Oil Monarchies <em>Jill Crystal </em>22. Charismatic Authority in a Hybrid State: Reading Max Weber and Beyond in Postrevolutionary Iran <em>Mojtaba Mahdavi </em>23. Political Islam in the Arabian Peninsula <em>Courtney Freer </em>24. Parliamentary Politics in Kuwait <em>Clemens Chay </em>25. Political Absolutism in the Gulf Monarchies <em>Steven Wright </em>26. Royal Succession in Saudi Arabia: The Rise of Mohammad bin Salman <em>Stig Stenslie </em><strong>Part V. Regional Security Dynamics </strong>27. Security in the Persian Gulf <em>Nader Entessar </em>28. Security Dilemmas and Conflict Spirals in the Persian Gulf <em>Fred H. Lawson </em>29. Between Anarchy and Arms Race: A Security Dilemma in the Persian Gulf <em>Islam Hassan </em>30. The Rise and Decline of the Gulf Cooperation Council <em>Kristian Coates Ulrichsen </em>31. Saudi-Iranian Relations: Between Identity, Ideology, and Interest <em>Massaab Al-Aloosy </em>32. The Armed Forces in Post-Revolutionary Iran <em>Saeid Golkar </em><strong>Part VI. The Persian Gulf & the World </strong>33. The United States and the Persian Gulf: The Art of Lasting in Stormy Waters <em>Houchang Hassan-Yari </em>34. The United States and Iran: Transcending No-Man’s-Land <em>Ghoncheh Tazmini </em>35. Iran-U.S. Relations: Challenges and Opportunities <em>Gawdat Bahgat </em>36. China and the Persian Gulf: Hedging Under the U.S. Umbrella <em>Jonathan Fulton </em>Select Bibliography</p>