Princes, brokers, and bureaucrats
Subtitle: oil and the state in Saudi Arabia
By: Steffen Hertog
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
ISBN-13: 9780801447815
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Unpacking the Saudi state : oil fiefdoms and their clients; title: Oil fiefdoms in flux : the new Saudi state in the 1950s; title: The emerging bureaucratic order under Faisal; title: The 1970s boom : bloating the state and clientelizing society; title: The Foreign Investment Act : lost between fiefdoms; title: Eluding the "Saudization" of labor markets; title: The fragmented domestic negotiations over WTO adaptation; title: Comparing the case studies, comparing Saudi Arabia.