Social and Economic Development in the Arab Gulf (Rle Economy of Middle East) Contributor(s): Niblock, Tim (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138820326 ISBN-13: 9781138820326 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $49.39 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Middle East - General - Social Science | Regional Studies |
Dewey: 953.6 |
Physical Information: 244 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The crucial importance of the Gulf region today - which may be defined as comprising the states of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, with Iran as a non-Arab onlooker - has stimulated surprisingly little interest in academic circles. Much of what has been written, moreover, focuses exclusively on those aspects of direct concern to external interests. The focus of this book is on the Gulf region as an area with its own problems of social, economic and political development. It examines the dimensions of the attempts by the governments and peoples of the area to create new social, economic and political structures - stemming mainly, of course, from their new-found oil wealth. First published in 1980. |