Change and Development in the Gulf

, by Abdelkarim, Abbas

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ISBN: 9780333738917 | 0333738918
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 6/1/1999

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This book analyzes some important social, economic, and political processes of change, stagnation, and development in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council as a result of oil revenue.

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Notes on Contributors	p. vii
List of Tables	p. viii
Introduction and Background	p. 1
Change and Development in the Gulf: an Overview of Major Issues	p. 3
Oil, Population Change and Social Development in the Gulf: Some Major Trends and Indicators	p. 25
Oil and the Economy: Dependence and Diversification	p. 49
The State in Oil Rentier Economies: the Case of Bahrain	p. 51
Industrial Strategies and Change in the UAE during the 1980s	p. 79
Diversification through Industrialization: the Saudi Experience	p. 104
Human Resources and Gender Relations	p. 131
Population Policies in the Countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council	p. 133
Overview of Major Issues in the Development of National Human Reources in the Gulf	p. 151
Women, Income Generation and Gender Relations in Rural Oman	p. 164
The Saudis and the Gulf War: Gender, Power and the Revival of the Religious Right	p. 184
Political Change and Militarization: the Impact of the Gulf War	p. 211
Post-War Kuwait and the Process of Democratization: the Persistence of Political Tribalism	p. 213
Arms, Oil and Security in the Gulf: a Tenuous Balance	p. 238
Index	p. 260
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