The political economy of the Persian Gulf
By: Mehran Kamrava, editor
Publisher: Columbia University Press; Brand: Columbia University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780231703628
Subjects: Economic policy; Economic conditions
Notes: "Published in Collaboration with Center for International and Regional Studies School of Foreign Service in Qatar, Georgetown University."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: About the contributors; title: Introduction / Mehran Kamrava; title: Trends in the political economy of the Persian Gulf; title: The Persian Gulf in the contemporary international economy / Fred H. Lawson; title: The political economy of rentierism in the persian gulf / Mehran Kamrava; title: Sovereign wealth funds in the GCC / Jean-François Seznec; title: Knowledge based economies in the GCC / Kristian Coates Ulrichsen; title: People, money, and banking in the Persian Gulf; title: Øtatisme versus market driven Islamic banking : the experiences of Iran and the Arabian Peninsula compared / Rodney Wilson; title: Population and human capital in the Persian Gulf / Djavad Salehi-Isfahani; title: The Gulf cooperation council monetary union / Alexis Antoniades.