Beck / Unknown / Richter Oil and the political economy in the Middle East

Post-2014 adjustment policies of the Arab Gulf and beyond
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5261-4910-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 296 Seiten

This is the first comprehensive analysis of the Middle East political economy in response to the oil price decline in 2014. Based on a heuristic framework inspired by rentierism, the volume contains original studies on Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Unknown,

Beck, Martin

Richter, Thomas

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Ölförderung, Gasförderung
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Wirtschaftsgeologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Pressured by the decreased price of oil: Post-2014 adjustment policies in the Arab Gulf and beyond - Martin Beck and Thomas Richter
2 Upgrading towards neoclassical rentier governance: Bahrain’s post-2014 oil price decline adjustment - Sumaya AlJazeeri
3 Stalled reform: The resilience of rentierism in Kuwait - Gertjan Hoetjes
4 Oil price collapse and the political economy of the post-2014 economic adjustment in the Sultanate of Oman - Crystal A. Ennis and Said Al-Saqri
5 Qatar: Leadership transition, regional crisis, and the imperatives for reform - Matthew Gray
6 The nexus between state-led economic reform programmes, security, and reputation damage in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Robert Mason
7 Federal benefits: How federalism encourages economic diversification in the United Arab Emirates - Karen E. Young
8 Egypt’s twisted hydrocarbon dependency: A case of persistent semi-rentierism - Amr Adly
9 Oil and turmoil: Jordan’s adjustment challenges amid local and regional change - Riad al Khouri and Emily Silcock
10 Lower oil prices since 2014: Good news or bad news for the Lebanese economy? - Mohamad B. Karaki
11 Oil and political economy in the Middle East: Overcoming rentierism? - Martin Beck and Thomas Richter

Über Autor(innen)

Martin Beck is Professor of Modern Middle East Studies at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU)

Thomas Richter is a Senior Research Fellow at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)