Oil and Security Policies

Saudi Arabia, 1950-2012
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-27774-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 32, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 476 g

Reihe: International Comparative Social Studies

With one quarter of proven oil reserves and the largest oil production in the world, Saudi Arabia has been at the center of world politics. Its vast oil resources have been utilized in various ways to maximize internal and external security. While oil revenue allowed the Saudi state to buy off legitimacy at home and abroad, the Saudi state exploited oil supply to either forge alliances with or pressure consuming and producing countries. By providing an insightful account of how oil resources shaped Saudi security policies since the mid-twentieth century, Islam Y. Qasem offers a timely contribution to the study of oil politics and the interrelationship between economic interdependence and security.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Qasem, Islam Yasin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaften einzelner Länder und Regionen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
List of Tables and Figures
List of Abbreviations

Introduction
Chapter One: Rentier Theory and Saudi Arabia
Chapter Two: Neo-Rentier Theory
Chapter Three: The Pre-boom (1950-1970)
Chapter Four: The First Boom (1970-1985)
Chapter Five: The Bust (1985-2000)
Chapter Six: The Second Boom (2000-2012)
Chapter Seven: Conclusion

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Islam Y. Qasem, Ph.D. (1973), is head of Department of International Relations at Webster University in the Netherlands. His areas of expertise are oil politics, Middle East politics, and international political economy.