LEADER 02993nam 22006374a 450 001 9910345138103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-134-43151-1 010 $a1-134-43152-X 010 $a1-138-36213-1 010 $a0-203-22083-8 010 $a1-280-07066-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203220832 035 $a(CKB)1000000000250400 035 $a(EBL)171396 035 $a(OCoLC)299512534 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000297769 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11947381 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000297769 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10334191 035 $a(PQKB)11419908 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC171396 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL171396 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10100978 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL7066 035 $a(OCoLC)53012601 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000250400 100 $a20020808d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aGood governance in the Middle East oil monarchies /$fedited by Tom Pierre Najem and Martin Hetherington 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledgeCurzon$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (158 p.) 225 1 $aDurham modern Middle East and Islamic world series ;$v4 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-203-29635-4 311 $a0-415-29740-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aGood 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. 330 $aThe concept of 'good governance' is of increasing importance, and is used by international organizations to ensure reasonable conformity to high standards in states which participate in the global trading regime and other international activities. This book examines the concept of good governance and how it is applied in the states of the Gulf Co-operation Council. These states are particularly important because of their strategic location and massive oil wealth. Moreover, as monarchies, in most cases without powerful democratic representative bodies, and as Islamic countries, with a differ 410 0$aDurham modern Middle East and Islamic world series ;$v4. 607 $aPersian Gulf States$xPolitics and government 676 $a321/.009535 686 $a88.10$2bcl 701 $aNajem$b Tom$0629142 701 $aHetherington$b Martin$0950632 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910345138103321 996 $aGood governance in the Middle East oil monarchies$92149306 997 $aUNINA