Change and Development in the Gulf - Rilegato

Abdelkarim, Abbas

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ISBN 10: 0333738918 ISBN 13: 9780333738917

Casa editrice: Palgrave Macmillan, 1999

Riassunto

Processes of change, stagnation and development in the countries of the Gulf Co-operation Council are analyzed in this book. The contributors show impact of oil revenues on population change and social development and on redefining the socio-economic role of the state. Oil could open venues for industrialization and development. However, lack of population policies, problems of human resources development, the rather slow change in gender relations and in political systems and heavy spending on militarization, it is argued, could impede development endeavour.

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L'autore:

PAUL AARTS Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam KHALID M. ABDALLA Department of Economics, University of Bahrain, Manama OSAMA SAAD AHMED Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Manama, Bahrain BAQUER SALMAN AL-NAJAR Department of Sociology, Manama University of Bahrain FATIMA S. AL-SHAMSI Department of Sociology, Manama University of Bahrain ELEANOR DOUMATO Department of Economics, University of United Arab Emirates, UAE ADIL OSMAN GEBRIEL Consultant, Amsterdam, Netherlands CHARLOTTE HEATH Department for International Development, London SERGE HERZOG Ministry of Defence, Geneva, Switzerland

Contenuti:

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
Change and Development in the Gulf: An Overview of Major Issues; A. Abdelkarim
Oil, Population Change and Social Development in the Gulf: Some Major Trends and Indicators; A. Abdelkarim
PART ONE: OIL AND THE ECONOMY: DEPENDENCE AND DIVERSIFICATION
The State in Oil Rentier Economies: the Case of Bahrain; K. Abdalla
Industrial Strategies and Change in UAE During the 1980s; F. Al-Shamsi
Diversification Through Industrialization: The Saudi Experience; O. Ahmed
PART TWO: HUMAN RESOURCES AND GENDER RELATIONS
Population Policies in the Countries of the Gulf Co-operation Council; B. Al-Najar
Overview of Major Issues in the Development of National Human Resources; A. Gebriel
Women, Income Generation and Gender Relations in Rural Oman; C. Heath
The Saudis and the Gulf War: Gender, Power and the Revival of the Religious Rights; E. Doumato
PART THREE: POLITICAL CHANGE AND MILITARIZATION: IMPACT OF GULF WAR
Post-War Kuwait and the Process of Democratization: The Persistency of Political Tribalism; P. Aarts
Arms, Oil and Security in the Gulf; S. Herzog
Index

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• Editore: Palgrave Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0333738918
• ISBN 13: 9780333738917
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 280