TY - BOOK AU - Wehrey,Frederic M. TI - Sectarian politics in the Gulf: from the Iraq war to the Arab uprisings T2 - Columbia studies in Middle East politics SN - 9780231165129 (cloth : alk. paper) U1 - 953.054 22 PY - 2014///] CY - New York, United States PB - Columbia University Press KW - Persian Gulf States KW - Politics and government KW - 21st century KW - BUEsh KW - Saudi Arabia KW - BUSBOL KW - September2014 KW - Reading book N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index ; The roots of sectarianism. Governance, society, and identity in the gulf -The long shadow of the iranian revolution-Bahrain. Debating participation : the Bahraini Shi'a and regional influences-Sectarian balancing : the Bahraini Sunnis and a polarized parliament -- Into the abyss: the pearl roundabout uprising and its aftermath -- Saudi Arabia. Between loyalty and rejection: the Saudi Shi'a-Under siege : the salafi and regime counter-mobilization-Waving 'Uthman's shirt : Saudi Arabia's sectarian spring-Kuwait. Renegotiating a ruling bargain : the Kuwaiti Shi'a-Tilting toward repression : the Sunni opposition and the Kuwaiti regime-A balancing act goes awry : sectarianism and Kuwait's mass protests ER -