This thesis attempts to answer the question 'What e-democracy strategy, if any, is most suitable for Bahrain?'. Based on a qualitative case study for the country, an e-Democracy strategy is synthesised and presented in this thesis. The literature review includes the forms, ideal…
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This study is concerned with the activities and occupations of women in the 19th and early 20th centuries in Bahrain, Kuwait and Nejd. Women's access to religious worship and learning, professional occupations of sorcery and healing, and productive occupations are discussed in t…
The Gulf has been the site of deep cultural exchanges through the millennia. This diverse heritage is reflected in the contemporary music traditions in instrumentation, form, structure, and style. The Gulf has also been the site of tremendous change over the last century with th…
This dissertation explores ethnographic, archival and survey findings related to the Women's Police Directorate, a separate unit for policewomen in Bahrain, which handles cases involving women and children as victims, witness and offenders. Historically, the segregation of femal…
This study has attempted to explain the emergence and development of the socio-economic complexity detected in Dilmun material culture, particularly its seals, which emerged in the Gulf region c. 2100-1800 BCE. My research aims to present a regional perspective through emphasisi…
After high attendance during the 70's and 80's, there has been a decrease in attendance at soccer matches in Kuwait and neighboring Gulf countries (e.g., Qatar, Bahrain & U.A.E.). An earlier study by Almekaimi (2003) identified factors that might influence soccer games attendanc…
The main objective of this study is to examine the export-led growth (ELG) hypothesis for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. More specifically, the study empirically investigates the long run relationship and the causality direction between aggregate export and econom…
The purpose of this study is to investigate the main determinants of inflation in the developing oil-export based economies and to see if the main determinants of inflation are similar to other developing and developed economies. This study attempted to include all six Gulf Coop…
In this study we are investigating the long-run causal relationship between real total government expenditure and real gross domestic product in terms of total GDP and non-oil GDP separately. Wagner's Law represents an hypothesis that causality runs from GDP to government spendi…
This study is about Muslim women's religious practices in Bahrain, and the transformation of these practices since the rise of modern education in that country. While many associate the Islamic resurgence movement as being oppressive of women, here the focus is on various ways i…
This study is concerned with the how Bahrain's merchants shaped the island's political history in the pre-oil era. It argues that the interdependent relationship between the merchants and the ruling family was interrupted by a severe structural crisis in the 1920s, which invited…
“Discussions of the Arab world, particularly the Gulf States, increasingly focus on sectarianism and autocratic rule. These features are often attributed to the dominance of monarchs, Islamists, oil, and 'ancient hatreds'. To understand their rise, however, one has to turn to a …
An innovative reading of the rise of sectarianism across the Middle East, including the role of British colonialism.
Discussion of the Arab world, particularly the Gulf States, increasingly focus on sectarianism and autocratic rule. These features are often attributed to the dominance of monarchs, Islamists, oil, and 'ancient hatreds'. To understand their rise, however, one has to turn to a la…
