Hertog, Steffen. <br/><br/>
Princes, Brokers, and Bureaucrats :  Oil and the State in Saudi Arabia. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (311 pages) 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801458774 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Petroleum industry and trade -- Government policy -- Saudi Arabia.<br/>Economic development -- Political aspects -- Saudi Arabia.<br/>Bureaucracy -- Saudi Arabia.<br/>Patron and client -- Saudi Arabia.<br/>Saudi Arabia -- Economic policy.<br/>Saudi Arabia -- Politics and government.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD9576 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330.9538/05