The Gulf Cooperation Council States,Hereditary Succession, Oil and Foreign Powers
تاريخ النشر: 20/02/2017
الناشر: دار الساقي للطباعة والنشر
نبذة الناشر:Since the oil boom of the 1970 , the Gulf Cooperation
Council States have attempted to achieve economic stability
and realise their development goals. Such efforts have so far
been in vain, however, as these states’ autocratic governments
have closed off their political systems with the support of
international allies, especially the United States.
In this ...timely and exhaustive analysis of the political economies
of the GCC since the 1970s to the present, Yousef Khalifa Al-
Yousef examines the factors responsible for the failure of the
states to achieve lasting change in development and security.
Focusing on institutional structures where oil wealth has been
confined to the few, and the consequences of failed legitimacy
at home that has led to dependence on foreign powers, Al-
Yousef charts the consistent disparities between governance
and the needs of the local population, to the detriment of
genuine development.
Al-Yousef concludes that the only way to ensure stability and
growth in the region is to dismantle the alliance of autocracy,
oil and foreign powers. Instead, democracy and reform are key
to ensuring stability in the region. إقرأ المزيد