The political economy of the Persian Gulf
By: Mehran Kamrava, editor
Contributors: Georgetown University. Center for International and Regional Studies
Publisher: Hurst & Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781849042093
Subjects: Economic conditions; Economic policy; Foreign economic relations; Politische Ökonomie
Notes: Published in collaboration with Centre for International and Regional Studies Studies School of foreign service in Qatar Georgetown University.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Mehran Kamrava; title: Part I. 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: The sovereign wealth funds of the Persian Gulf / Jean-François Seznec; title: Knowledge based economies in the GCC / Kristian Coates Ulrichsen; title: Part II. People, money, and banking in the Persian Gulf; title: Étatisme 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; title: Part III. Case studies; title: The Dubai model : diversification and slowdown / Christopher Davidson; title: Good, bad or both? The impact of oil on the Saudi political economy / Steffen Hertog; title: The political economy of rentierism in Iran / Massoud Karshenas and Ziba Moshaver.