State-society relations in the Arab Gulf states / edited by Mazhar al-Zoby and Birol Baskan.

Includes bibliographical references.

1 State-Society Relations in the Arab Gulf Region: Dilemmas and Prospects/ Mazhar Al-Zoby and Biro Baskan -- 2 The Internet and Youth in the United Arab Emirates / Laure Assaf -- 3 Social Media and the Forging of a Transnational Shi'a Identity: the Case of the Kingdom of Bahrain/ Magdalena Karolak andHala Asmina Guta -- 4 Social Media: Impacts on Arabian GulfYouth and Governments/ Mahmood Abdul Ghaffar -- 5 The Emergence of Arab Children's Television and Animation Industry in the Gulf States / Omar Adam Sayfa -- 6 The Impact of Global Communications on Family Values in Qatar/ Mark Far ha, Dalai K. Al-Thani and Miodrag Stamboldziev -- 7 Neoliberalism and the New Means of Art of Government in the GulfMonarchies M. H. Bias -- 8 State-Religion-Minorities Tensions in the Arab Gulf / Cornelia Zeineddin.

This book examines the strategies and dynamics through which statesociety relations in the Arab Gulf region have been cultivated, and explores the alternative political, social, economic and popular changes that threaten these relations. The work focuses on understanding how state sovereignty has been shifting to accommodate internal social, cultural, and intellectual forces and how these forces have managed to balance social and political powers in order to function within and co-exist alongside the state. Casestudies give specific examples of how social forces, popular movements, social media and youth culture are actively influencing cultural attitudes and practices as well as political actions.