Oil States In The New Middle East

Author : Kjetil Selvik,Bjørn Olav Utvik
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317498148

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Oil States in the New Middle East by Kjetil Selvik,Bjørn Olav Utvik Pdf

Oil has been central to regime survival for oil states across the Arabian Peninsula and has been at the heart of their attempts to defuse the wave of Arab revolutions. However, in 2011 revolution hit Libya, the most oil dependent regime in the Middle East. The political storm winds that have swept this region have thrown into doubt the resilience of Arab rentier states, and highlight how the political effects of oil vary across the oil producing countries. Oil States in the New Middle East brings together leading experts to critically assess the centrality of oil and the relevance of Rentier State Theory in light of the post-2011 upheaval across the Middle East and North Africa. It combines overall reflections on the political dynamics in oil states with focused case investigations of individual countries. Taking as its starting point the centrality of oil in explanations of regime survival, the book analyses how the oil states have responded to and fared throughout the Arab popular upheavals, resulting in a critical assessment of the continued relevance of Rentier State Theory. While observers have asked how the uprisings varied between oil and non-oil states, this book turns the comparative focus inward, arguing for a more fine-grained understanding of the political effects of oil in different oil producing countries. This book would be of interest to students and scholars of Middle East, North Africa and Gulf Studies, Oil and Politics, as well as Comparative Politics and International Political Economy.

Author : Halford Lancaster Hoskins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Petroleum industry and trade
ISBN : HARVARD:32044053254751

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Middle East Oil in United States Foreign Policy by Halford Lancaster Hoskins Pdf

Author : United States Oil and Gas Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127897937

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Middle East Petroleum Emergency of 1967 by United States Oil and Gas Office Pdf

Author : Charles Philip Issawi,Mohammed Yeganeh
Publisher : New York : Praeger
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Petroleum industry and trade
ISBN : UCAL:B4438134

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The Economics of Middle Eastern Oil by Charles Philip Issawi,Mohammed Yeganeh Pdf

Author : United States. Department of the Interior. Office of Oil and Gas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Arab-Israeli conflict
ISBN : UOM:39015005373470

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The Middle East Petroleum Emergency of 1967 by United States. Department of the Interior. Office of Oil and Gas Pdf

Author : David G. Edens
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035772057

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Oil and Development in the Middle East by David G. Edens Pdf

Author : Gad G. Gilbar
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0714647349

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The Middle East Oil Decade and Beyond by Gad G. Gilbar Pdf

The sudden, huge price hikes in Middle Eastern oil in late 1973 yielded, almost overnight, an enormous flow of resources to states and societies that could not have anticipated such instant affluence. With this came unprecedented political power because of the control the oil states were able to maintain over oil production and prices until the second half of 1982. Thus, though covering barely nine years, the period may appropriately be dubbed the "Oil Decade". In this study of fundamental aspects of the oil decade, Gad G. Gilbar first examines the influence the production, export and revenues of oil exerted on domestic, regional and international relations. This is followed by an in-depth analysis of the expansion of higher education, no doubt the single most significant social change the oil decade engendered. Throughout the Arab world many new universities began opening their doors to an ever-increasing number of students, especially in the sciences and civil engineering. Significant also was the proportion of women students enrolling. Finally, the author traces how, as of the early 1970s, the official Arab boycott on goods manufactured in Israel was increasingly being circumvented, and a wide range of agricultural and industrial products were beginning to find their way to customers in Arab states.

Author : George Lenczowski
Publisher : Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell U.P
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015046368067

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Oil and State in the Middle East by George Lenczowski Pdf

Author : Atif Kubursi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317592952

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Oil, Industrialization & Development in the Arab Gulf States (RLE Economy of Middle East) by Atif Kubursi Pdf

Were oil supplies everlasting and the demand for oil strong and continuous, economic diversification in the Gulf would be pointless. However oil reserves are finite and non-renewable and the world demand for oil from the Gulf region is simply not stable. Collectively the countries of the Gulf face the striking prospect that unless priorities and plans are set with care the gestation period of their economic development may be longer than the expected life of their hydrocarbon resources. This book examines just that threat. It considers the opportunities available to the Gulf states for accumulating sufficient productive capital in the non-oil sectors of their economy to offset the drawing down of oil reserves. The book pays particular attention to the possibilities of development through cooperation not only within the Gulf Cooperation Council but also within the larger Arab region and the Third World as a whole. It concludes with a critical review of the main challenges that these economies are facing and are likely to face in the near future with special emphasis on their major problems and failures. First published in 1984.

Author : Rebekka Schliep
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783668478008

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The implications of the rentier state theory regarding the major oil-producing states of the Middle East by Rebekka Schliep Pdf

Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Near East, Near Orient, grade: 67, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, course: State and Transformation in the Middle East, language: English, abstract: The rentier state theory has informed much scholarly research on the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. A main theorist of the rentier state theories argues that "in a rentier state, the government is the principal recipient of the external rent in the economy. This is a fact of paramount importance, cutting across the whole of the social fabric of the economy affecting the role of the state in the society" (Beblawi, 1990, p.88). With several countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region ranking among the rentier states, it is important to consider the term, which has influenced political thinking of the past and the present. This argumentation raises the question of adequacy concerning the notion of the rentier state in analysing political processes in the major oil-producing states of the Middle East. In order to answer this question, this essay is divided into two main parts. In a first section, it will consider the main features that the rentier state theorists have set out and the implications that this theory brings about. In a second step, the main limitations of this theory will be elaborated, as well as some of its benefits will be considered. Close reading of the theories by Hossein Mahdavy (1970), Giacomo Luciani (1987), and Hazem Beblawi (1990), the consideration of critical essays on theories of the rentier state, as well as a glance at countries ranking among rentier states by definition leads to the conclusion that the rentier state theory judges, generalises, and oversimplifies the respective states that rank among the definition of the rentier states. The theory focuses on the economy of a state and how a regime manages this economy, and excludes many elements that are essential to the analysis of the mentioned political processes and is therefore very problematic for this purpose.

Author : Valerie Marcel
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780815754725

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Oil Titans by Valerie Marcel Pdf

Ninety percent of the world's oil reserves are entrusted to state-owned companies. Originally created as political instruments, these so-called national oil companies (NOCs) face new demands amid today's dwindling oil reserves and simmering social pressures. Increasingly, state-owned oil firms—particularly in the Middle East—are having to balance the political demands of their governments with the need to be commercially competitive. In this ground-breaking new volume, Valerie Marcel draws on unprecedented access to the politicians, engineers; and businessmen directing five Middle Eastern state oil companies to shed light on one of the most secretive segments of the international oil industry. The author tells the stories of Saudi Aramco, Kuwait Petroleum Corp., the National Iranian Oil Co., Sonatrach of Algeria, and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.—oil titans which together produce one quarter of the world's oil and hold half of the world's known oil and gas reserves. Dr. Marcel explains the complex bond between each state and its oil company, tracing the relationship's evolution from the politically charged days of foreign concessions to today's world of profit-driven decisionmaking. Drawn from over 120 interviews with company executives, middle managers, and oil-ministry officials, the author identifies a number of surprising new trends in these companies' strategy, and she paints a picture of their nascent sense of corporate identity. The book provides rare, up-to-date insight into how state-owned companies are striking a balance between their national mission and their commercial needs. The book also provides an insider's guide to these companies' unique culture. Executives and researchers in the region—both inside and outside the oil industry—will find it a valuable tool for understanding business in the Middle East.

Author : Halford Lancaster Hoskins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1071296794

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Middle East Oil in United States Foreign Policy by Halford Lancaster Hoskins Pdf

Author : Halford Lancaster Hoskins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:836751356

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Middle East Oil in United States Foreign Policy by Halford Lancaster Hoskins Pdf

Author : Jill Crystal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317242048

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Kuwait: the Transformation of an Oil State by Jill Crystal Pdf

Kuwait, unlike most of its neighbours, has a well-established national identity and a long history as a nation, dating back to the eighteenth century. In this book, first published in 1992, Dr. Jill Crystal focuses on two recurring themes in Kuwaiti history: one, the preservation of a sense of community in the face of radical economic, social and political transformations; the second, internal rivalry over the conventions governing relations among members of the community. Crystal skilfully weaves these themes into a broad profile of Kuwait, analysing the nation’s transformation from a pre-oil to an oil economy; its social structure and composition, including the country’s tribal roots and key divisions involving class, gender and immigrant labour; political tensions resulting from the nation’s sudden wealth and the accompanying changes in social structure; and its relations with other countries in the Gulf and the Middle East.

Author : Mohamed bin Abdul Latif bin Mohamed Almulhim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : NWU:35556039692660

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Middle East Oil by Mohamed bin Abdul Latif bin Mohamed Almulhim Pdf

In this book, Dr. Almulhim addresses the legal and political aspects of natural resources exploitation under the system of concessions. His aim is to analyze the effectiveness of this system in developing the Middle Eastern oil industry, and determine to what extent the system has affected values distribution among the grantors and concessionaires. He believes that the great human values derived from the exploitation of oil--such as wealth, power, well-being, skill, enlightenment, respect, affection, and rectitude--should be redistributed among all the participants in the oil business. The author has managed to draw together the diverse threads of Middle Eastern mining law as they have emerged this century, comparing these to the traditional tenets of Islamic law. The author provides a final appraisal of the effectiveness of system of concessions in the early development of the Middle East petroleum industry and examines the consequences for the distribution of the technical skills, the wealth, and the power arising from the extraction and sale of oil.