The Politics of Islam
The Muslim Brothers and the State in the Arab Gulf
Published on 31. August 2021
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-4744-9024-5 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, Birol Baskan explains the variation in attitudes and approaches towards the Muslim Brotherhood across 5 Gulf States: Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. He argues that this disparity is at the root of the ongoing Gulf crisis that erupted in June 2017.
Reviews / Votes
With The Politics of Islam, Birol Baskan provides a valuable overview of an important and understudied context of contemporary Islamism. Intense opposition towards the Muslim Brotherhood by governments such as the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia is a defining aspect of the new political landscape in the Middle East, and this book is a crucial resource for students, researchers, and policymakers seeking to make sense of these developments. -- Peter Mandaville, George Mason University, author of Islam and PoliticsMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4744-9024-5 (9781474490245)
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E-Book
08/2021
1st Edition
Edinburgh University Press
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Person
Birol Baskan is Non-Resident Scholar at The Middle East Institute. He received his PhD in political science from Northwestern University in 2006 and taught at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service in Qatar from 2010-2018, Qatar University from 2007-2010, and the State University of New York-Fredonia in 2006-2007. Baskan is the author of Turkey and Qatar in the Tangled Geopolitics of the Middle East (Palgrave, 2016) and From Religious Empires to Secular States (Routledge, 2014), and co-editor of State-Society Relations in the Arab Gulf States (Gerlach, 2014).
Content
Introduction
Historical Background: Geography, Political History and Islamism
Modern Sovereign State Building in the Gulf: From the 1950s to the 1970s
Gulf States and the Muslim Brotherhood
Modern Sovereign State Building in the Gulf: From the 1980s to the 2000s
Gulf States' Diverging Attitudes towards the Muslim Brotherhood
The Arab Spring
Conclusion
BibliographyIndex
Historical Background: Geography, Political History and Islamism
Modern Sovereign State Building in the Gulf: From the 1950s to the 1970s
Gulf States and the Muslim Brotherhood
Modern Sovereign State Building in the Gulf: From the 1980s to the 2000s
Gulf States' Diverging Attitudes towards the Muslim Brotherhood
The Arab Spring
Conclusion
BibliographyIndex