Why in recent years have the social and economic upheavals in Kuwait and Qatar been accompanied by a remarkable political continuity? In a region of revolution and coups, these particular monarchies have somehow survived. In her analysis of political change in the Gulf, Jill Crystal investigates this apparent anomaly by examining the impact of oil on the formation and destruction of political coalitions and state institutions. She also adds to our understanding of state formation by highlighting the ways in which states and rulers structure the relationship between those with money and those with power. This updated edition includes a discussion of the Gulf War and its aftermath.
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"...her careful, scholarly study is a reminder that it can be risky to put too much stock in the status quo...." Philadelphia Inquirer
"Jill Crystal...has produced an important analysis of the crucial consequences of oil exploitation upon the evolution of political life and state formation in the contemporary Gulf...Congratulations are in order." Middle East Journal
"This book is vital for an understanding of Kuwait's political economy--or economic politics." New York Review of Books
"Jill Crystal...has produced an important analysis of the crucial consequences of oil exploitation upon the evolution of political life and state formation in the contemporary Gulf...Congratulations are in order." Middle East Journal
"This book is vital for an understanding of Kuwait's political economy--or economic politics." New York Review of Books
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Why in recent years have the social and economic upheavals in Kuwait and Qatar been accompanied by remarkable political continuity within a region known for revolutions and coups? The impact of oil on politics is examined in this analysis of the Persian Gulf.
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A few short decades ago Kuwait and Qatar were British dependencies, little known outside the Middle East. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dissident shaikhs, ruling family members, pearl boats, merchant opposition, normative socialization, new allowances, reenter politics, oil negotiations, trading families, distributive policies, external revenues, bureaucratic growth, rentier state, allowance increases, broad constraints, oil agreement, family factions, prodemocracy movement, oil revenues Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Political Agent, Saudi Arabia, Bani Utub, Abdalla Mubarak, Political Resident, Abdalla Salim, Bani Khalid, Abdalla Darwish, Foreign Office, Middle East, Shaikh Abdalla, Chamber of Commerce, World War, Ibn Saud, Education Council, Political Officer, Umm Said, Shaikh Ahmad, Shaikh Ali, Jabir Ali, Jabir Ahmad, Abdalla Jabir, Kuwait's Shias, Mubarak the Great, Nasir Khalid New!
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A few short decades ago Kuwait and Qatar were British dependencies, little known outside the Middle East. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
dissident shaikhs, ruling family members, pearl boats, merchant opposition, normative socialization, new allowances, reenter politics, oil negotiations, trading families, distributive policies, external revenues, bureaucratic growth, rentier state, allowance increases, broad constraints, oil agreement, family factions, prodemocracy movement, oil revenues Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Political Agent, Saudi Arabia, Bani Utub, Abdalla Mubarak, Political Resident, Abdalla Salim, Bani Khalid, Abdalla Darwish, Foreign Office, Middle East, Shaikh Abdalla, Chamber of Commerce, World War, Ibn Saud, Education Council, Political Officer, Umm Said, Shaikh Ahmad, Shaikh Ali, Jabir Ali, Jabir Ahmad, Abdalla Jabir, Kuwait's Shias, Mubarak the Great, Nasir Khalid New!
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- Middle East: Geography and Geopolitics by Ewan Anderson on page 4, page 197, and Back Matter
- The Middle East (Sociology of Development Societies) by Talal Asad in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Arabian Studies (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications) (Bk.8) by R. B. Serjeant in Back Matter
- Arabia, the Gulf, and the West: A Critical View of the Arabs and Their Oil Policy by J. B. Kelly in Back Matter
- Colonising Egypt by Timothy Mitchell in Back Matter
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- Qadhafi's Libya, 1969-1994 by Dirk Vandewalle on page 221, and Back Matter
- Institutions And The Politics Of Survival In Jordan: Domestic Responses To External Challenges, 1988-2001 (S U N Y Series in Middle Eastern Studies) by Lucas Russell E. in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Crises in the Contemporary Persian Gulf (Cass Series--British Politics and Society,) by Barry Rubin on page 68, and page 99
- Kuwait, 1950-1965: Britain, the al-Sabah, and Oil (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship Monographs) by Simon C. Smith on page 19, and Back Matter
- The Internet In The Middle East: Global Expectations And Local Imaginations In Kuwait (Suny Series in Computer-Mediated Communication) by Deborah L. Wheeler in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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