Oil and Politics in the Gulf
Rulers and Merchants in Kuwait and Qatar

This book asks why in recent years the social and economic upheavals in Kuwait and Qatar have been accompanied by a remarkable political continuity.

Jill Crystal (Author)

9780521466356, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 27 January 1995

260 pages, 2 tables
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.433 kg

'This book should appeal to several kinds of audiences: regionalists interested in the Middle East and Persian Gulf States; international relations specialists who want to know more about this strategic area and would like some solid local history upon which to anchor their postwar analyses; and theorists of state development … ' Gregory Nowell, American Political Science Review

This book asks why in recent years the social and economic upheavals in Kuwait and Qatar have been accompanied by a remarkable political continuity. Professor Crystal investigates this apparent anomaly by examining the impact of oil on the formation and destruction of political coalitions and state institutions. Partly based on a year's fieldwork in the Gulf and making full use of Arabic and Gulf sources, Oil and Politics in the Gulf goes far beyond previously published accounts of the region in its analysis of the effects of oil on domestic politics.

Preface
Kuwait family tree
Qatar family tree
1. State formation and oil
2. History's legacy: Kuwait and Qatar before oil
3. Kuwait on the eve of oil
4. Kuwait after oil
5. Qatar
6. The Gulf War and its aftermath
7. Conclusion.

Subject Areas: Political economy [KCP]