Miriam R. Lowi (The College of New Jersey)

Broschiertes Buch

Refining the Common Good

Beschreibung

This innovative study explores a novel dimension of elite politics in Arab Gulf monarchies where both oil and Islam are ubiquitous: how rulers exploit both oil revenues and Islamic norms to manage and control their populations, build community, and protect and enrich dynastic autocracies.

Autor

Miriam R. Lowi is Professor in the Department of Political Science at The College of New Jersey. She is the author of Oil Wealth and the Poverty of Politics: Algeria Compared (Cambridge University Press, 2009) and Water and Power: the Politics of a Scarce Resource in the Jordan River Basin (Cambridge University Press, 1993).

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Middle East Studies
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 344g
• ISBN-13: 9781009463287
• ISBN-10: 1009463284
• Artikelnr.: 70898563