Oman : the Islamic democratic tradition / by Ghubash, Hussein

Table of Contents: “…Chapter Introduction -- part PART I The imama state from its formation to the British colonial order -- chapter Preliminary chapter -- chapter 1 The Ibadi doctrine: origin, thought and tradition -- chapter 2 The Portuguese period: 1500-1650 -- chapter 3 The example of the Ibadhi Islamic State in modern history -- chapter 4 Al-Bu Sa=idi's state: the origin of the sultanate system -- chapter 5 'Sahel Oman': the common history (1750-1850) -- chapter Conclusion of Part I -- part PART II From the colonial challenge to the imamate response: from the dismantling of the Omani empire to the present day -- chapter 6 The Omani-African state (1650-1860): The sultanates -- chapter 7 The revolution of imam =Azzan ibn Qays al-Bu Sa=idi (1869-1871) -- chapter 8 Oman between independence and dependence -- chapter 9 The sultanate of Muscat and the imama of Oman -- chapter 10 The revolution of 1955-1964: Towards the end of colonial partition and chaos -- chapter Conclusion of Part II -- chapter General conclusion -- chapter Annexes -- chapter Glossary -- chapter Notes -- chapter Sources and bibliography.…”
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Democracy and youth in the Middle East : Islam, tribalism and the rentier state in Oman / by Al-Farsi, Sulaiman H.

Subjects: “…Democracy Oman.…”
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British missions around the Gulf, 1575-2005 : Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman / by Arbuthnott, Hugh

British missions around the Gulf, 1575-2005 : Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman / by Arbuthnott, Hugh

Table of Contents: “…Conclusions ---- Part IV. OMAN. 5. Oman. A. British representation in Muscat 1645-2005 --- b. …”
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Handbook of political science research on the Middle East and North Africa /

Table of Contents: “…The Gulf Arab states : Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates /…”

Near East: Jordan-Yemen /

Table of Contents: “…Jordan--Kuwait--Lebanon--Muscat and Oman--Saudi Arabia--Syria--Yemen.…”

Power and succession in Arab monarchies : a reference guide / by Kechichian, Joseph A.

Table of Contents: “…Kuwait: Excerpts from the 1962 Constitution -- 7. Oman: Al Sa'id Rulers -- 8. Oman: Excerpts from the 1996 Basic Law -- 9. …”
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India migration report 2014 : diaspora and development /

Table of Contents: “…The Indian Diaspora in Oman; 14. Indian Migrant Experiences in Oman and Bahrain; 15. …”
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Human rights in the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council /

Table of Contents: “…Department of State -- Oman 2012 human rights report / U.S. Department of State -- Qatar 2012 human rights report / U.S. …”
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Inequality, globalization, and world politics /

Table of Contents: “…Order, globalization, and inequality in world politics / Ngaire Woods -- Globalization, regionalization, and inequality / Charles Oman -- Sovereignty and inequality / Benedict Kingsbury -- Gender inequality and international human rights law / Christine Chinkin -- Resources, environmental degradation, and inequality / Michael Redclift and Colin Sage -- Globalization, liberalization, and inequality: expectations and experience / Frances Stewart and Albert Berry -- Justice and inequality / David Miller -- Social Policy in a global context / Bob Deacon -- Security and inequality / Andrew Hurrell.…”
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The changing security dynamics of the Persian Gulf /

Table of Contents: “…Business and politics in Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, and Oman / Marc Valeri -- India : a rising power in the Persian Gulf? …”

Understanding geography and war : misperceptions, foundations, and prospects / by Pickering, Steve

Table of Contents: “…; Lacoste: Geography Exists, First of All, to Make War; Lacoste and Hérodote; Critical Cartography; Case Study: Borders and Critical Cartography; The Northwest Ordinance; The Relevance of Metaphysics to Geopolitics; The Yemen-Oman Border; Boundary Plerosis; Bona fide Boundaries and Fiat Boundaries…”
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Political change in the Arab Gulf States : stuck in transition /

Table of Contents: “…Cole -- Bottom-up democratization in Kuwait / Mary Ann Tétreault -- Oman faces the twenty-first century / J.E. Peterson -- Political reform in Qatar / Jill Crystal -- The Saudi Shi'a and political reform in Saudi Arabia / Jerzy Zdanowski -- Economics trumps politics in the United Arab Emirates / Christian Koch -- Part II. …”
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World Report 2015 Events of 2014. by Watch, Human Rights

Table of Contents: “…GeorgiaGuatemala; Guinea; Haiti; Honduras; India; Indonesia; Iran; Iraq; Israel/Palestine; Jordan; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Kuwait; Kyrgyzstan; Lebanon; Libya; Malaysia; Mali; Mexico; Morocco; Nepal; Nigeria; North Korea; Oman; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Philippines; Qatar; Russia; Rwanda; Saudi Arabia; Serbia; Kosovo; Singapore; Somalia; South Africa; South Sudan; Sri Lanka; Sudan; Syria; Tajikistan; Thailand; Tunisia; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Uganda; Ukraine; United Arab Emirates; United States; Uzbekistan; Venezuela; Vietnam; Yemen; Zimbabwe; 2014 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH PUBLICATIONS…”
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Gulf politics and economics in a changing world /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Michael C Hudson and Mimi Kirk -- The development trajectory of the GCC states : an analysis of aims and visions in current development plans / Martin Hvidt -- Redesigning the distributional bargain in the GCC / Steffen Hertog -- State-business relations in the Gulf : the role of business actors in the decision- -- Making process of reform in Bahrain and Oman / Marc Valeri -- Gulf governance : the rule of law and political liberalization in the Arab Gulf / David M Mednicoff and Joanne E. …”
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E-governance, a global journey /

Table of Contents: “…Understanding IT literacy in the context of the Arab region: a study in Oman ; E-Tourism: A Catalyst for Promoting the East African Community as Competitive Tourist Destination ; E-Reconciliation in Rwanda. -- Section III. …”
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Asia inside out : itinerant people /

Table of Contents: “…Perdue -- Mobility's spatial fix: finding the Vietnamese "homeland" from the outside in / Erik Harms -- Mobility assemblage and the return of Islam in Southeast China / Biao Xiang and Qiang Ma (Ramadan) -- Cowry country: mobile space and imperial territory / David Ludden -- Persian rugs in Southeast Asia: cultural production and taste making in a new market / Narges Erami -- A "south" imagined and lived: the entanglement of medical things, experts, and identities in premodern East Asia's South / Angela Ki Che Leung -- Traveling manuscripts: understanding pilgrimage in Central and Eastern Islamic lands / Mounia Chekhab-Abudaya -- Slaves, arms, and political careering in nineteenth-century Oman / Seema Alavi -- The darker side of mobility: refugees, hostages, and political prisoners in Persianate Asia / James Pickett -- Deploying Theravada Buddhist geographies in the age of imperialism / Tamara Loos -- Itinerant singers: triangulating the Canton-Hong Kong-Macau soundscape / May Bo Ching -- Roast beef vs. pigs' trotters: knowledge-in-transit in the work of a Chinese food evangelist / Emma Teng -- The Asian sportscape: hubs of play and flows of contention / William W. …”
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Debating Arab authoritarianism : dynamics and durability in nondemocratic regimes /

Table of Contents: “…Lawson -- The privatization of social services as a regime strategy : the revival of Islamic endowments (Awqaf) in Egypt / Daniela Pioppi -- State-building, liberalization from above, and political legitimacy in the Sultanate of Oman / Marc Valeri -- The economy and the polity -- Linking economic and political reform in the Middle East: the role of the bourgeoisie / Giacomo Luciani -- The political economy of regime maintenance in Egypt : linking external resources and domestic legitimation / Thomas Richter -- From political to economic actors : the changing role of Middle Eastern armies / Philippe Droz-Vincent -- The international arena -- International dimensions of Middle Eastern authoritarianism : the G8 and external efforts at political reform / Mustapha K. …”
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The Outlook for Arab Gulf Cooperation / by Martini, Jeffrey

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Invisible cultures : historical and archaeological perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Narratives and invisibility / Viola Gheller -- Invisible cultures in archaeology / Francesco Carrer -- The invisible (im)migrants of the Early Empire between exclusion and assimilation / Davide Astori, Maria Elena Galaverna and Nicola Reggiani -- Post-colonial immigration memory in contemporary France : resistance to epistemic violence / Yoshimi Tanabe -- Gender amender : sex-changing and transgender identities in Ovid's Metamorphoses / Anna Everett Beek -- (Un- )veiling politics : women's political writings during the Julio-Claudian age / Irene Somà -- With pen or brush : traces of women in fifteenth-century Italy / Davide Tramarin -- Urban marginality : other, iteration and materiality : archaeologies of urban life and death in an Argentinean setting (Villa Muñecas, San Miguel de Tucumán) / Martina Hjertman and Per Cornell -- Archaeological indicators for medieval prisons / Lara Tonizzo Feligioni -- Transhumant sheep farming and seigniorial economy in the Veronese pre-Alps (twelfth-fourteenth centuries) / Attilio Stella -- In search of the shepherds : archaeological and historical perspectives for the study of salt and animal husbandry in the north of the Kingdom of Granada / Antonio Malpica Cuello, Sonia Villar Mañas, Guillermo García-Contreras Ruiz and Luis Martínez Vázquez -- Society in Erto and Casso : oral history and new investigation methods / Fabrizio Filioli Uranio -- Traces of an Indian community in the city of Sumhuram, Oman : investigation of materials found during excavations / Silvia Lischi -- People and things : ceramic petrography as a means for exploring the hidden workings of local communities in postpalatial Crete / Florence Liard -- Where have all the pirates gone? …”
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