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Podcast: The Cosmopolitan
Episode: Scott J. Weiner, "Kinship, State Formation and Governance in the Arab Gulf States" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)
Description: Podcast: New Books in Political Science (LS 41 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Scott J. Weiner, "Kinship, State Formation and Governance in the Arab Gulf States" (Edinburgh UP, 2024)Pub date: 2024-11-13Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationTribe-state relations are a foundational element of authoritarian bargains in the Middle East, and in particular in the Gulf States. However, the structures of governance built upon that foundation exhibit wide differences. What explains this variation in the salience of kinship authority? Through a case comparison of K...