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Saudi Arabia and Qatar offers a thorough analysis of post-Arab Spring Gulf politics, focusing on intra-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) dynamics and their regional impact. The book examines the actions and challenges faced by Qatar and Saudi Arabia in Syria and Egypt, while also exploring their power struggle within the GCC and the broader Middle East. It analyses how hegemonic and counter-hegemonic practices emerged in the Gulf after the Arab Uprisings and investigates the extent to which sectarian polarity and political Islam have been institutionalized as counter-hegemonic forces.
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This book offers a fresh and rigorous account of hegemony, power and crisis in the Gulf by conceptualising the region as a GCC Political Complex shaped by competing hegemonic projects. It shows how Saudi Arabia's long-standing sub-regional leadership was disrupted after 2011 and how new forms of contestation emerged through crisis, discourse and political practice. Rather than treating Gulf politics as a fixed balance of material power, the book demonstrates how meanings of reform, threat and legitimacy are actively produced and stabilised. Through a sustained analysis of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and close engagement with the conflicts in Syria and Egypt, it reveals how sectarian narratives and political Islam became central tools in regional struggles for leadership. Drawing on primary material and first-hand observation during the 2017 Gulf crisis, the book traces how counter-hegemonic myths were recognised, routinised and partially institutionalised without replacing the existing order. Dogan-Akkas makes a significant contribution to understanding why the post-Arab Uprisings Gulf is defined not by hegemonic collapse, but by multiplicity, fluid alliances and enduring yet managed competition. Saudi Arabia and Qatar: Hegemony, power and crisis in the Gulf is an essential reading for those interested in understanding embedded hegemonisation projects in the Gulf politics.
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This book offers a fresh and rigorous account of hegemony, power and crisis in the Gulf by conceptualising the region as a GCC Political Complex shaped by competing hegemonic projects. It shows how Saudi Arabia's long-standing sub-regional leadership was disrupted after 2011 and how new forms of contestation emerged through crisis, discourse and political practice. Rather than treating Gulf politics as a fixed balance of material power, the book demonstrates how meanings of reform, threat and legitimacy are actively produced and stabilised. Through a sustained analysis of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and close engagement with the conflicts in Syria and Egypt, it reveals how sectarian narratives and political Islam became central tools in regional struggles for leadership. Drawing on primary material and first-hand observation during the 2017 Gulf crisis, the book traces how counter-hegemonic myths were recognised, routinised and partially institutionalised without replacing the existing order. Dogan-Akkas makes a significant contribution to understanding why the post-Arab Uprisings Gulf is defined not by hegemonic collapse, but by multiplicity, fluid alliances and enduring yet managed competition. Saudi Arabia and Qatar: Hegemony, power and crisis in the Gulf is an essential reading for those interested in understanding embedded hegemonisation projects in the Gulf politics.
Author Biography
Betul Dogan Akkas is Assistant Professor of International Relations at Ankara University, Turkey
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- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Publication Date January 2027
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781526196101 / 1526196107
- Publication Country or regionUnited Kingdom
- FormatPrint PDF
- Pages248
- ReadershipCollege/higher education; Professional and scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions234 X 156 mm
- Biblio NotesDerived from Proprietary 6645
- SeriesIdentities and Geopolitics in the Middle East
- Reference Code18121
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