A tribal order : politics and law in the mountains of Yemen

1. Verfasser: Weir, Shelagh.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007.
Ausgabe: 1st ed.
Umfang/Format: xviii, 390 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Modern Middle East series (Austin, Tex.) ; no. 23.
Online Zugang: Table of contents only
Publisher description
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Environment and economy
  • Social and political inequality
  • The tribes of Raz̄iḥ
  • Tribal leadership
  • Wider structures and relations
  • Principles, rules, and sanctions
  • Enforcing the law
  • Conflict and violence
  • The Qāsimī period
  • The Ḥamīd al-Dīn period
  • The Republican period.