Shafeeq Ghabra
Biographic Data
| ID | 1403422 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shafeeq Ghabra |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shafeeq |
| FAMILY NAME | Ghabra |
| SIGNATURE | GHABRA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Shafeeq Ghabra is assistant professor of Political Science at Kuwait University. This is an adapted version of “Family Networks: Social Dynamics and Survival” from Palestinians in Kuwait: The Family and the Politics of Survival by Shafeeq N. Ghabra (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1987). The study is based on three months of fieldwork conducted during the summer of 1985. The fieldwork involved approximately 110 interviews (250 hours of tape), all of which were open-ended. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Kuwait
This chapter provides a historical overview of Kuwait’s constitutional system. It begins by analysing the tradition of joint consultation in Kuwait before turning to three institutions that proved central to the formation of its contemporary constitutional system: the 1921 Shura Council, the 1938 Legislative Council, and the 1962 Constituent Council (the body that drafted Kuwait’s constitution). It relies on archival sources of the Kuwait Nationa…
J oining the G lobal R ules‐based E conomy
The following is an edited transcript of the twentieth in a series of Capitol Hill conferences convened by the Middle East Policy Council. The meeting was held on February 1, 2000, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building with Chas. W. Freeman, Jr., moderating
Democratization in a Middle Eastern State
Kuwait
In 1992, elections were held in Kuwait to vote for the four-year assembly. The elections were essentially a compromise formula between two systems and political cultures in Kuwait: traditional hereditary rule and representative and modern forms. The successful conclusion of the election campaign, one of the most intensive in the history of Kuwait, may be the first step in the direction of much-needed political reform that may tilt the country mor…
The Iraqi Occupation of Kuwait
(1991). The Iraqi Occupation of Kuwait: An Eyewitness Account. Journal of Palestine Studies: Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 112-125
The Iraqi Occupation of Kuwait
Palestinians in Kuwait
(1988). Palestinians in Kuwait: The Family and the Politics of Survival. Journal of Palestine Studies: Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 62-83
Palestinians in Kuwait
The Iraqi Occupation of Kuwait
(1991). The Iraqi Occupation of Kuwait: An Eyewitness Account. Journal of Palestine Studies: Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 112-125
Palestinians in Kuwait
(1988). Palestinians in Kuwait: The Family and the Politics of Survival. Journal of Palestine Studies: Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 62-83
Palestinians in Kuwait
J oining the G lobal R ules‐based E conomy
The following is an edited transcript of the twentieth in a series of Capitol Hill conferences convened by the Middle East Policy Council. The meeting was held on February 1, 2000, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building with Chas. W. Freeman, Jr., moderating
Democratization in a Middle Eastern State
Kuwait
In 1992, elections were held in Kuwait to vote for the four-year assembly. The elections were essentially a compromise formula between two systems and political cultures in Kuwait: traditional hereditary rule and representative and modern forms. The successful conclusion of the election campaign, one of the most intensive in the history of Kuwait, may be the first step in the direction of much-needed political reform that may tilt the country mor…
Palestinians in Kuwait
(1988). Palestinians in Kuwait: The Family and the Politics of Survival. Journal of Palestine Studies: Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 62-83
Palestinians in Kuwait
The Iraqi Occupation of Kuwait
(1991). The Iraqi Occupation of Kuwait: An Eyewitness Account. Journal of Palestine Studies: Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 112-125
The Iraqi Occupation of Kuwait
Kuwait
In 1992, elections were held in Kuwait to vote for the four-year assembly. The elections were essentially a compromise formula between two systems and political cultures in Kuwait: traditional hereditary rule and representative and modern forms. The successful conclusion of the election campaign, one of the most intensive in the history of Kuwait, may be the first step in the direction of much-needed political reform that may tilt the country mor…
Democratization in a Middle Eastern State
J oining the G lobal R ules‐based E conomy
The following is an edited transcript of the twentieth in a series of Capitol Hill conferences convened by the Middle East Policy Council. The meeting was held on February 1, 2000, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building with Chas. W. Freeman, Jr., moderating
Kuwait
This chapter provides a historical overview of Kuwait’s constitutional system. It begins by analysing the tradition of joint consultation in Kuwait before turning to three institutions that proved central to the formation of its contemporary constitutional system: the 1921 Shura Council, the 1938 Legislative Council, and the 1962 Constituent Council (the body that drafted Kuwait’s constitution). It relies on archival sources of the Kuwait Nationa…
Political science (8 works) · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts (7 works) · History (6 works) · Law (6 works) · History (5 works) · Politics (5 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Socioeconomic Development in MENA (4 works) · Democracy (3 works)