This book offers an extensive presentation and a precise analysis of Gulf society, the nature of the state institution, and its relationship with active civil society organizations in Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Qatar. It is based on a comprehensive field study that provides the reader with dozens of data points and tables concerning political and religious bodies, institutions, associations, and parties, detailing their fields of activity, funding sources, and methods of operation. It monitors the changes to this data after the events of September 11th, in light of the variables imposed by globalization. The book also explores the future of political reform in the region.

Baqer Al-Najjar is a Bahraini writer, researcher, and professor of sociology at the University of Bahrain's College of Arts since 1984. His publications with Dar Al Saqi include 'The Conflict of Education and Society in the Arabian Gulf' and 'Religious Movements in the Arabian Gulf'.

• Publishing House: Dar Al Saqi
• Author: Baqer Salman Al-Najjar
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Number of Pages: 312
• ISBN: 9781855160200