TY - GEN T1 - Sectarian politics in the Gulf : from the Iraq war to the Arab uprisings T2 - Columbia studies in Middle East politics. A1 - Wehrey, Frederic M. LA - English PP - New York PB - Columbia University Press YR - 2014 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn868925001 AB - Beginning with the 2003 invasion of Iraq and concluding with the Arab uprisings of 2011, Frederic Wehrey investigates the Shi'a-Sunni divide now dominating the Persian Gulf's political landscape. Focusing on three states affected most by sectarian tensions Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait Wehrey identifies the factors that have exacerbated or tempered sectarianism, including domestic political institutions, the media, clerical establishments, and the contagion effect of external events, such as the Iraq civil war and the Arab uprisings. In addition to his analysis, Wehrey builds a historical. OP - 328 CN - DS247.A138 W44 2014eb SN - 9780231536103 SN - 0231536100 SN - 9780231165129 SN - 0231165129 KW - Shīʻah : Relations : Sunnites. KW - Sunnites : Relations : Shīʻah. KW - Persian Gulf States : Politics and government : 21st century. KW - Saudi Arabia : Politics and government : 21st century. KW - Arabie saoudite : Politique et gouvernement : 21e siècle. KW - Chiisme : Relations : Sunnisme. KW - Sunnisme : Relations : Chiisme. KW - HISTORY : Middle East : General. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Civil Rights. KW - Politique internationale. KW - Sectes. KW - Printemps arabe. KW - Islamisme. KW - Nationalisme. KW - Pouvoir politique. KW - Etats du Golfe persique. KW - Interfaith relations KW - Politics and government KW - Shīʻah KW - Sunnites KW - Persian Gulf States KW - Saudi Arabia KW - Beziehung KW - Islam KW - Politik KW - Schiiten KW - Sunniten KW - Golfstaaten KW - 2000-2099 ER -