Making of Contemporary Kuwait

Mahjoob Zweiri is Professor in Contemporary Politics and History of the Middle East with focus on Iran and the Gulf region, and Director of the Gulf Studies Center at Qatar University.Sinem Cengiz is Researcher in the Gulf Studies Center at Qatar University with focus on Gulf politics and society.

• Preface and Acknowledgements viiAbout the Editors ixList of Contributors xList of Figures xivList of Tables xv1 Contemporary Kuwait through the State and Society: An Introduction 1MAHJOOB ZWEIRI AND SINEM CENGIZ2 Kuwait’s Political History: From Tribal Sheikhdom to Semi-democratic State 7ABDULRAHMAN ALEBRAHIM3 Kuwait: A Political System in Crisis 26HAMAD H. ALBLOSHI4 From Grassroots to Public Diplomacy: Diwaniyya as an Alternative Sociopolitical Institution 44CLEMENS CHAY5 Kuwait’s Foreign Aid: Motivations and Allocations 69MOHAMMAD YAGHI6 Intra-Gulf Dynamics: Pursuit of Survival within the GCC 88KRISTIAN COATES ULRICHSEN7 Kuwait’s Relations with the Global Powers: US, Russia, and China 103GIORGIO CAFIERO8 Kuwait and the Palestinian Cause: Mutual Search for National Pride 119MESHARI HAMAD ALRUWAIH9 Role of Urbanization in Changing Social Norms to Laws: Impact on Status of Kuwaiti Women 138MUYASSAR H. SULEIMAN10 Political Economy of Kuwait through the Prism of Its Hydrocarbon Sector 157NIKOLAY A. KOZHANOV11 Citizenship, Identity, and Human Rights in Kuwait 176GHANIM ALNAJJAR12 Kuwait’s Publication Law: A Civil Act to Protect Freedom of Expression 191TAHANI ALTERKAIT13 Culture, Politics, and Citizenship in Kuwait 206COURTNEY FREERIndex 223