Bahrain: Political Development in a Modernizing Society

by Emile A. Nakhleh

The book is a study of political development in Bahrain during the first five years after its independence in 1971. It is based on field research done by the author as the first senior Fulbright scholar in that country. The book was banned in Bahrain for 30 years but was allowed to be published in Arabic in that country in 2006. The study focuses on the tribal structure of Bahraini society and the rule of a minority Sunni government by al-Khalifa...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739168584
• ISBN13: 9780739168585
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"