CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2013
| Author | Justh, Krisztina |
|---|---|
| Title | Protest, Oppression and the Politics of Citizenship in Bahrain and Kuwait |
| Summary | This thesis shows citizenship granting and revocation as a ruling class strategy in the wider historical and political context. This strategy is aimed at the conservation of the monarchy, and manifests itself differently in Bahrain and Kuwait. In Bahrain, they have been at the core of the uprisings against the government since these began, while in Kuwait they mostly share a history of supporting their monarchy. Kuwait has for a long time refused to consider its stateless population worthy of citizenship, while Bahrain has naturalized most at the beginning of the century. I argue that the reason why is condensed from many aspects, ranging from the different opportunities of the rentier system, the structure of the political set-up, historical heritage and the involvement in external and internal warfare. |
| Supervisor | Pogonyi, Szabolcs |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2013/justh_krisztina.pdf |
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