Princes, brokers, and bureaucrats : oil and the state in Saudi Arabia /

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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 and are reflected in its policies. Starting in...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Hertog, Steffen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Petroleum industry and trade > Government policy > Saudi Arabia.
Economic development > Political aspects > Saudi Arabia.
Bureaucracy > Saudi Arabia.
Patron and client > Saudi Arabia.
Pétrole > Industrie et commerce > Politique gouvernementale > Arabie saoudite.
Développement économique > Aspect politique > Arabie saoudite.
Bureaucratie > Arabie saoudite.
Patron et client > Arabie saoudite.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
Bureaucracy
Economic development > Political aspects
Economic policy
Patron and client
Petroleum industry and trade > Government policy
Politics and government
Saudi Arabia > Economic policy.
Saudi Arabia > Politics and government.
Arabie saoudite > Politique et gouvernement.
Saudi Arabia
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Unpacking the Saudi state : oil fiefdoms and their clients
  • Oil fiefdoms in flux : the new Saudi state in the 1950s
  • The emerging bureaucratic order under Faisal
  • The 1970s boom : bloating the state and clientelizing society
  • The Foreign Investment Act : lost between fiefdoms
  • Eluding the "Saudization" of labor markets
  • The fragmented domestic negotiations over WTO adaptation
  • Comparing the case studies, comparing Saudi Arabia.

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