Qatar
Subtitle: a modern history
By: Allen Fromherz
Publisher: I.B.Tauris & Co.; Distributed by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9781589019102
Subjects: Politics and government; Economic conditions; Strategic aspects; Gas industry; Petroleum industry and trade; Foreign relations; History
Description: With the second greatest natural gas resources in the region, Qatar's economic clout is considerable. At the same time the Qatar story is replete with paradoxes: the state hosts the Al-Jazeera media network, an influential expression of Arab nationalism and anti-Americanism, while also hosting the principal US naval base in the region.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Qatar : a new model of modernity?; title: Qatar : geography of a near frontier; title: The origins of Qatar : between 'emergence' and 'creation'; title: Creating social realities : Qatar and the British in the twentieth century; title: Sheikh Khalifa and the enigma of independence; title: Sheikh Hamad and the future of Qatar; title: Qatar's political economy : a classic rentier state?; title: The emir and the exercise of authority in Qatar.; title: Conclusions : change or continuity?