Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

Oil and security policies : Saudi Arabia, 1950-2012 / by Islam Y. Qasem.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: International comparative social studies ; 32.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004277731
  • 9004277730
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Oil and security policiesDDC classification:
  • 338.2/72820953809045 23
LOC classification:
  • HD9576.S32 Q26 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Oil and Security Policies: Saudi Arabia, 1950-2012 -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Tables and Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1: Rentier Theory and Saudi Arabia -- 2: Neo-Rentier Theory -- 3: The Pre-Boom (1950-1970) -- 4: The First Boom (1970-1985) -- 5: The Bust (1985-2000) -- 6: The Second Boom (2000-2012) -- 7: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
eBook eBook e-Library EBSCO Social Science Available
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Print version record.

Oil and Security Policies: Saudi Arabia, 1950-2012 -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Tables and Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1: Rentier Theory and Saudi Arabia -- 2: Neo-Rentier Theory -- 3: The Pre-Boom (1950-1970) -- 4: The First Boom (1970-1985) -- 5: The Bust (1985-2000) -- 6: The Second Boom (2000-2012) -- 7: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Added to collection customer.56279.3

Powered by Koha