AngloArabia : why Gulf wealth matters to Britain / David Wearing
Publication details: Cambridge [UK] : Polity Press , 2018 Description: X, 275 p. : mapas, gráf. ; 22 cmISBN: 978-1-5095-3203-2Subject(s): Relaciones internacionales | Política exterior | Gran Bretaña | Países árabesSubject: AngloArabia is fundamentally a book about the UK’s relations – in terms of energy, economics and military cooperation – with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE and Oman. But beyond that, it is a case study on how Britain – as a neoliberal capitalist power whose wealth and status grew out of empire – connects with the international political economy on a number of levels, and sustains its power and wealth in the present day. It helps us to understand both the deeper reasons behind the UK’s involvement in violence and repression in the Middle East, and the real nature of Britain’s role in the world| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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AngloArabia is fundamentally a book about the UK’s relations – in terms of energy, economics and military cooperation – with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE and Oman. But beyond that, it is a case study on how Britain – as a neoliberal capitalist power whose wealth and status grew out of empire – connects with the international political economy on a number of levels, and sustains its power and wealth in the present day. It helps us to understand both the deeper reasons behind the UK’s involvement in violence and repression in the Middle East, and the real nature of Britain’s role in the world