TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rugh,Andrea B.
TI  - The Political Culture of Leadership in the United Arab Emirates
SN  - 9780230603493
AV  - JQ1758 .R83 2010
PY  - 2007///
CY  - New York
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan US, Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Political science
KW  - World politics
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Political sociology
KW  - Political Science and International Relations
KW  - Middle Eastern Politics
KW  - Political Sociology
KW  - Political History
KW  - Political Science
N2  - The book describes the impact of cultural perceptions on rulers' behaviors in the United Arab Emirates, once the Trucial States. Despite differences in size, economic resources, and external political pressures, the seven emirates' rulers utilized very similar cultural expectations to gain the support of others
ER  -