Oil and Politics in the Gulf: Rulers and Merchants in Kuwait and Qatar
Why in recent years have the social and economic upheavals in Kuwait and Qatar been accompanied by a remarkable political continuity? In a region of revolution and coups, these particular monarchies have somehow survived. In her analysis of political change in the Gulf, Jill Crystal investigates this apparent anomaly by examining the impact of oil on the formation and destruction of political coalitions and state institutions. She also adds to our understanding of state formation by highlighting the ways in which states and rulers structure the relationship between those with money and those with power. This updated edition includes a discussion of the Gulf War and its aftermath.
|
Contents
|
State formation and oil
|
1 |
|
Explaining regimes
|
2 |
|
The impact of oil
|
6 |
|
Political arrangements
|
9 |
|
Distributive policies
|
10 |
|
Centralization of power
|
11 |
|
Historys legacy Kuwait and Qatar before oil
|
15 |
|
The founding of Kuwait
|
18 |
|
Qatar
|
112 |
|
Economic and social structures
|
113 |
|
The transformation with oil
|
118 |
|
Britain and the bureaucracy
|
121 |
|
The ruling family
|
129 |
|
The merchants
|
133 |
|
Class formation and national identity
|
139 |
|
The pattern of rule after oil
|
145 |
|
The founding of Qatar
|
26 |
|
Conclusion
|
33 |
|
Kuwait on the eve of oil
|
36 |
|
Economic structures
|
37 |
|
Social stratification
|
39 |
|
Preoil politics and the merchant elite
|
41 |
|
The ruling family
|
43 |
|
The merchant opposition
|
44 |
|
The Majlis Movement of 1938
|
47 |
|
Conclusion
|
56 |
|
Kuwait after oil
|
62 |
|
Britain and the bureaucracy
|
66 |
|
The merchants
|
73 |
|
Distributive policies
|
78 |
|
Opposition
|
81 |
|
Independence state formation and coalition building
|
83 |
|
The National Assembly and the merchants decline
|
84 |
|
The merchants and the state
|
89 |
|
Jabirs accession and the ruling family
|
93 |
|
Administrative reform
|
94 |
|
Suq alManakh and the merchants
|
97 |
|
The Iranian revolution and domestic alliances
|
100 |
|
Conclusion
|
109 |
|
The ruling family and the merchants
|
147 |
|
Khalifas accession
|
155 |
|
Bureaucratic growth and bureaucratic control
|
158 |
|
The development of a civic myth
|
161 |
|
Oil and the regional environment
|
164 |
|
Conclusion
|
167 |
|
The Gulf War and its aftermath
|
171 |
|
The Iraqi occupation
|
174 |
|
The Gulf War
|
175 |
|
The postwar economy
|
176 |
|
Postwar politics
|
178 |
|
Qatar
|
183 |
|
Conclusion
|
185 |
|
Conclusion
|
187 |
|
Problems of control
|
188 |
|
Problems of loyalty
|
191 |
|
Rulers responses
|
192 |
|
Locating the argument
|
193 |
|
Locating the cases
|
201 |
|
Notes
|
206 |
| 220 | |
| 234 | |
Other editions - View all
|
Oil and Politics in the Gulf: Rulers and Merchants in Kuwait and Qatar Jill Crystal No preview available - 1990 |
Common terms and phrases
Abdalla Mubarak administrative advisors Ahmad Ahmad al-Khatib al-Khalifa al-Mani al-Saqr al-Thani Ali's alliance allies allowed amir Arab Assembly attack August Bahrain Bani Khalid Bani Utub Basra beduin began Britain British bureaucracy Burrows cent century claim coalition Council crisis dependence dispute dissidents Doha domestic early economic elites emerged expatriates faction Fahad February force foreign formal groups Gulf War Hamad historical important independence industry institutions internal interwar Iran Iranian revolution Iraq Iraqi Jabir Jakins Khalifa Kuwait and Qatar labor land Majlis Movement ment merchants minister Muhammad municipality October oil company oil revenues opposition organized Ottoman PDQL pearl Persian Gulf Political Agent Political Resident population prompted Qasim Qatar Diary regime role ruler ruling family Sabah Salih Saud Saudi Arabia September settled Shaikh Shaikh Abdalla Shatt al-Arab Shias social strike succession trading families tribal tribes turn wealth Yusif Zubara