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Kuwait and Al-Sabah - Tribal Politics and Power in an Oil State (Paperback)
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Kuwait and Al-Sabah - Tribal Politics and Power in an Oil State (Paperback)
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The Emirate of Kuwait hardly resembles the city-State it was at the
start of the 20th century. The discovery of oil in 1938 rapidly
transformed the tiny tribal sheikhdom of the Al-Sabah into a modern
oil-producing state where, by the early 1980s, citizens were
enjoying one of the highest standards of living in the world. While
much has been written on the reasons why and how the Al-Sabah
became a ruling dynasty, little is known about the nature of their
authority and its relationship to Kuwait's social structure. Rivka
Azoulay shows how despite the rapidity of change in the oil-rich,
family-run emirate, it is the pre-oil dynamics of social and
political life that dictate how society operates. The author shows
that Kuwait's ambitious diversification plans to reduce
oil-dependence by 2035 require a renegotiation of the regime's pact
with society, which threatens the pre-oil alliances upon which the
Al-Sabah's regime has been built.
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