1st Edition
Good Governance in the Middle East Oil Monarchies
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
160 Pages
by
Routledge
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The concept of 'good governance' is of increasing importance, and is used by international organizations to ensure reasonable conformity to high standards in states which participate in the global trading regime and other international activities. This book examines the concept of good governance and how it is applied in the states of the Gulf Co-operation Council. These states are particularly... Read more
Introduction 1. Good Governance: The Definition and Application of the Concept 2. The States of the Gulf Co-operation Council 3. Reform from Above: The Politics of Participation in the Oil Monarchies 4. Good International Governance: Implications for Saudi Arabia's Political Economy 5. Dynamics of GCC Press-Government Relations in the 1990s 6. Climate Governance in the GCC
Biography
Tom Pierre Najem is Lecturer in Political Economy at the University of Durham. His research and teaching interests are in international relations and comparative politics with particular interest in international political economy, economic development, and political development (human rights and democratisation). He has written widely on these subjects, including two monographs on Lebanese politics.
Martin Hetherington is Researcher in Middle Eastern Studies at the Middle East and North Africa Research Group, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London.
