Oil and Politics in the Gulf

ThisbookaskswhyinrecentyearsthesocialandeconomicupheavalsinKuwaitandQatarhavebeenaccompaniedbyaremarkablepoliticalcontinuity.ProfessorCrystalinvestigatesthisapparentanomalybyexaminingtheimpactofoilontheformationanddestructionofpoliticalcoalitionsandstateinstitutions.Partlybasedonayear'sfieldworkintheGulfandmakingfulluseofArabicandGulfsources,OilandPoliticsintheGulfgoesfarbeyondpreviouslypublishedaccountsoftheregioninitsanalysisoftheeffectsofoilondomesticpolitics.