02993nam 22006374a 450 991034513810332120200520144314.01-134-43151-11-134-43152-X1-138-36213-10-203-22083-81-280-07066-810.4324/9780203220832 (CKB)1000000000250400(EBL)171396(OCoLC)299512534(SSID)ssj0000297769(PQKBManifestationID)11947381(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000297769(PQKBWorkID)10334191(PQKB)11419908(MiAaPQ)EBC171396(Au-PeEL)EBL171396(CaPaEBR)ebr10100978(CaONFJC)MIL7066(OCoLC)53012601(EXLCZ)99100000000025040020020808d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGood governance in the Middle East oil monarchies /edited by Tom Pierre Najem and Martin HetheringtonLondon ;New York RoutledgeCurzon20031 online resource (158 p.)Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series ;4Description based upon print version of record.0-203-29635-4 0-415-29740-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Good governance: the definition and application of the concept / Tom Pierre Najem -- The states of the Gulf Co-operation Council / Neil Quilliam -- The politics of participation in the oil monarchies / Anoushiravan Ehteshami -- Good international governance: implications for Saudi Arabia's political economy / Rodney Wilson -- Dynamics of GCC press-government relations in the 1990s / Naomi Sakr -- Climate governance in the GCC / Christiaan Vrolijk.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 important because of their strategic location and massive oil wealth. Moreover, as monarchies, in most cases without powerful democratic representative bodies, and as Islamic countries, with a differDurham modern Middle East and Islamic world series ;4.Persian Gulf StatesPolitics and government321/.00953588.10bclNajem Tom629142Hetherington Martin950632MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910345138103321Good governance in the Middle East oil monarchies2149306UNINA