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

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

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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Main Author: Hertog, Steffen
Format: eBook
Language:English
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.
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.
Saudi Arabia
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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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