ORPP logo
Image from Google Jackets

Princes, Brokers, and Bureaucrats : Oil and the State in Saudi Arabia.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2011Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (311 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801458774
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Princes, Brokers, and BureaucratsDDC classification:
  • 330.9538/05
LOC classification:
  • HD9576
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acronyms -- Dramatis Personae -- Introduction -- 1 Unpacking the Saudi State: Oil Fiefdom and Their Clients -- PART I OIL AND HISTORY -- 2 Oil Fiefdoms in Flux: The New Saudi State in the 1950s -- 3 The Emerging Bureaucratic Order under Faisal -- 4 The 1970s Boom: Bloating the State and Clientelizing Society -- PART II POLICY-MAKING IN SEGMENTED CLIENTELISM -- 5 The Foreign Investment Act: Lost between Fiefdoms -- 6 Eluding the "Saudization" of Labor Markets -- 7 The Fragmented Domestic Negotiations over WTO Adaptation -- 8 Comparing the Case Studies, Comparing Saudi Arabia -- References -- Index.
Summary: In Princes, Brokers, and Bureaucrats, the most thorough treatment of the political economy of Saudi Arabia to date, Steffen Hertog uncovers an untold history of how the elite rivalries and whims of half a century ago have shaped today's Saudi state.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acronyms -- Dramatis Personae -- Introduction -- 1 Unpacking the Saudi State: Oil Fiefdom and Their Clients -- PART I OIL AND HISTORY -- 2 Oil Fiefdoms in Flux: The New Saudi State in the 1950s -- 3 The Emerging Bureaucratic Order under Faisal -- 4 The 1970s Boom: Bloating the State and Clientelizing Society -- PART II POLICY-MAKING IN SEGMENTED CLIENTELISM -- 5 The Foreign Investment Act: Lost between Fiefdoms -- 6 Eluding the "Saudization" of Labor Markets -- 7 The Fragmented Domestic Negotiations over WTO Adaptation -- 8 Comparing the Case Studies, Comparing Saudi Arabia -- References -- Index.

In Princes, Brokers, and Bureaucrats, the most thorough treatment of the political economy of Saudi Arabia to date, Steffen Hertog uncovers an untold history of how the elite rivalries and whims of half a century ago have shaped today's Saudi state.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.
Previous
Back to results
Next
Close

© 2024 Resource Centre. All rights reserved.