Tribes and the state in Libya and Iraq

• Verfasst von: Pargeter, Alison [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Tribes and the state in Libya and Iraq
• Titelzusatz: from the nationalist era to the new order
• Verf.angabe: Alison Pargeter
• Verlagsort: Oxford
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Jahr: 2024
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Oxford scholarship online : Political Science
• Fussnoten: Originally published: London: Hurst & Company, 2023. - Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-0-19-778284-2
• DOI: doi:10.1093/oso/9780197769430.001.0001
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe
• Sach-SW: Society
• Sach-SW: Society & culture: general
• K10plus-PPN: 1897426208
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

Regime change in Libya (2011) and Iraq (2003) catapulted a host of sub-state actors to the fore, including tribes, which have emerged as influential political, security and social actors. But despite this increased role and visibility, tribes remain poorly understood. Often mistakenly associated with the 'periphery' or with 'pre-national' or 'pre-modern' forms of political organisation, they are routinely portrayed as the antithesis of the state. Yet tribes - the Middle East's oldest, most enduring and most controversial social entities - have proved able to adapt and evolve, entering into mutually beneficial relationships with various regimes. Based on interviews with tribal sheikhs, tribal representatives and other stakeholders, Alison Pargeter traces the role of the tribe in Libya and Iraq from the revolutionary nationalist period into the fraught transitions that followed.