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The "Resource Curse" in the Persian Gulf (Paperback)
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The "Resource Curse" in the Persian Gulf systematically address the
little studied notion of a "resource curse" in relation to the
Persian Gulf by examining the historical causes and genesis of the
phenomenon and its consequences in a variety of areas, including
human development, infrastructural growth, clientelism,
state-building and institutional evolution, and societal and gender
relations. The book explores how across the Arabian Peninsula, oil
wealth began accruing to the state at a particular juncture in the
state-building process, when traditional, largely informal patterns
of shaikhly rule were relatively well established, but the formal
institutional apparatuses of the state were not yet fully formed.
The chapters show that oil wealth had a direct impact on subsequent
developments in these two complementary areas. Contributors discuss
how on one hand, the distribution of petrodollars enabled political
elites to solidify existing patterns of rule through deepening
clientelist practices and by establishing new, dependent clients;
and how on the other, rent revenues gave state leaders the
opportunity to establish and shape institutions in ways that
solidified their political control. The "Resource Curse" in the
Persian Gulf will be of great interest to scholars of Middle
Eastern studies, focusing on a variety of subject areas, including
human development, human resources, clientelism, infrastructural
growth, institutional evolution, state-building, and societal and
gender relations. This book was originally published as a special
issue in the Journal of Arabian Studies.
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