Princes, brokers, and bureaucrats : oil and the state in Saudi Arabia /
Steffen Hertog.
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2010.
- xii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Unpacking the Saudi state : oil fiefdoms and their clients -- Oil fiefdoms in flux : the new Saudi state in the 1950s -- The emerging bureaucratic order under Faisal -- The 1970s boom : bloating the state and clientelizing society -- The Foreign Investment Act : lost between fiefdoms -- Eluding the'Saudization' of labor markets -- The fragmented domestic negotiations over WTO adaptation -- Comparing the case studies, comparing Saudi Arabia.
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Petroleum industry and trade--Government policy--Saudi Arabia. Economic development--Political aspects--Saudi Arabia. Bureaucracy--Saudi Arabia. Patron and client--Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabia--Economic policy. Saudi Arabia--Politics and government.