20.08.07
Oil in the Gulf
Obstacles to Democracy and Development
Oxford, Ashgate | 180 pages
This book contains an analysis of central questions affecting the construction of a post-Ba'th regime in Iraq, and charts possible ways forward in other key states of the region such as Saudi Arabia and Iran.
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Contents: Introduction, Daniel Heradstveit and Helge Hveem; The predicament of the Gulf Rentier state, Øystein Noreng; The future of the Saudi Arabian economy: possible effects on the world oil market, Ådne Cappelen and Robin Choudhury; The reformist movement in Iran, Mehrzad Boroujerdi; The psychology of corruption in Azerbaijan and Iran, Daniel Heradstveit and G. Matthew Bonham; Energy supply as terrorist targets? Patterns of 'Petroleum Terrorism' 1968-99, Brynjar Lia and Åshild Kjøk; Shi'i perspectives on a federal Iraq: territory, community and ideology in conceptions of a new polity, Reidar Visser; Understanding the complexities of the Gulf: concluding remarks, Helge Hveem; Index.
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