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Socio‐Psychological Structure of the Kuwaiti Society After the Gulf War
Author(s) -
Naser Fahad Al
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
digest of middle east studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.225
H-Index - 10
eISSN - 1949-3606
pISSN - 1060-4367
DOI - 10.1111/j.1949-3606.1998.tb00323.x
Subject(s) - aggression , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , psychology , social psychology , criminology , political science , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , algorithm
This study investigates the socio‐psychological changes, which the 1990 Gulf war had afflicted on the Kuwaiti society. Specifically, the objective of the paper is fourfold: first, to uncover the positive and negative effects of the socio‐psychological factors of the invasion and assess their consequences on the whole society; second, to quantify the extent and content of the problem; third, to scan the perimeter of the crisis and introduce the measures undertaken by the people and the government to combat the negative effects; and finally, to scrutinize the research techniques and refine the theoretical explanations that have been utilized in reaching the results of the study. In general, this paper documents the endeavor, which the State of Kuwait has achieved so far in alleviating the socio‐psychological ills of the Iraqi aggression.