Author : Angela Penrose
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 26,8 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0198753942
A biography of one of the most under-rated economists of the 20th century, whose own remarkable and eventful life paralleled key events of the twentieth century. Edith Penrose's work is now the cornerstone of current work in business strategy and entrepreneurship.
Author : Walid I. Sharif
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 11,71 MB
Release : 2023-10-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1000966607
Oil and Development in the Arab Gulf States (1985) brings together in one volume the manifold sources of information on the Arab Gulf region, especially the impact of oil revenues on its economic, political and social development. It provides a balanced core of primary and secondary sources on various aspects of the economics of Arab oil between 1973 and 1983.
Author : Dr. Salwa Al-Nuaimi
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,58 MB
Release : 2022-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9948825551
In the span of one generation, the nation witnessed the rapid modernisation, following the discovery of oil, from a scattered tribal land with a primitive economic structure to the regional and global economic powerhouse the UAE became by the late twentieth century. Through interviews from those who steered and experienced the changes, The First Barrel of Fortune explores the development of not only the economy but also the changes on Emirati society’s three pillars – the tribe, Islam and the family. “He who does not know his past cannot make the best of his present and future, for it is from the past that we learn.” – Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
Author : Various Authors
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 920 pages
File Size : 33,17 MB
Release : 2021-03-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1351659634
This set collects together a range of books that together examine a broad spectrum of issues relating to Kuwait. Two titles examine the key question of Kuwait’s reliance on immigrant labour; another analyses the growth and stability of the oil-dependent economy; other titles focus on aspects of Kuwait’s social experience. Together they are a key reference source on Kuwait, its economy and its people.
Author : David H. Kelly
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 652 pages
File Size : 36,35 MB
Release : 2017-05-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 1351704648
Originally published in 1989. This detailed bibliography focuses on women’s education in the developing nations of Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean and the Middle East. It contains annotations for about 1200 published works in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and German. The entries include extensive research journal, monograph and book literature items, including chapters hidden in books that don’t have women or education as their main theme. The citations are organised thematically but with geographic divisions within each of the 15 sections and each entry has a decently detailed summary. It is prefaced by a useful article written by Gail Kelly on the directions in research at the time and the development of women-centric approaches.
Author : Jill Crystal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 20,74 MB
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317242041
Kuwait, unlike most of its neighbours, has a well-established national identity and a long history as a nation, dating back to the eighteenth century. In this book, first published in 1992, Dr. Jill Crystal focuses on two recurring themes in Kuwaiti history: one, the preservation of a sense of community in the face of radical economic, social and political transformations; the second, internal rivalry over the conventions governing relations among members of the community. Crystal skilfully weaves these themes into a broad profile of Kuwait, analysing the nation’s transformation from a pre-oil to an oil economy; its social structure and composition, including the country’s tribal roots and key divisions involving class, gender and immigrant labour; political tensions resulting from the nation’s sudden wealth and the accompanying changes in social structure; and its relations with other countries in the Gulf and the Middle East.
Author : Abdulrasool Al-Moosa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 48,65 MB
Release : 2017-08-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1351670042
Kuwait has among the highest levels of personal incomes in the Middle East and the best oil reserves to production ratios of all the exporting states. Its good material fortune is offset by its political precariousness engendered by Kuwaiti nationals forming a minority and a heavy dependency on immigrants to sustain the economy. Deep feelings of insecurity have led to calls in Kuwait for an end to immigration and the repatriation of foreign residents of the state. This book, first published in 1985, analyses the degree of dependency of Kuwait on an alien working population from the results of a unique survey undertaken among the crucial family-accompanied segment of the immigrant workforce. The authors suggest new approaches to the evaluation of the utility of the foreigners to the local economy that might help to stave off a mounting internal crisis.
Author : Mary Ann Tétreault
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 39,75 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231114899
A sophisticated investigation of the shifting tides of democratic governance in modern Kuwait from 1921 to the present based on interviews both with political activists and members of the political elite, Stories of Democracy sheds light on a wide array of issues concerning Middle Eastern politics and democratic institutions in general. Mary Ann Tétreault explores how various political factions have sought to advance their own notions of Kuwaiti history and politics through distinctive popular appeals: (1) pro-democracy forces focusing on Kuwait's relationship to the universal values of the democratic world around them, and (2) anti-democrats proffering Arab and Muslim religious and cultural traditions. She explores how such dramatic events as the suspension of the Kuwaiti constitution in 1986 and the invasion by Iraq in 1990 occasioned major shifts in the course of the democracy movement. The current running through virtually all of the nation's political drama is the monolithic Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), used by the government as an instrument of economic strength to safeguard sovereignty in the absence of military might.
Author : W. Krause
Publisher : Springer
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 34,84 MB
Release : 2008-10-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0230615759
Women in Civil Society: The State, Islamism and Networking in the UAE investigates how women in an Arab Gulf country prove to play a key role in how civil society takes shape with and against one another through case studies on women in state-run organizations, Islamic organizations, and networks.
Author : Jamil Jreisat
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 27,29 MB
Release : 2016-03-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317245938
This book, first published in 1986, examines the literature on administration, human resources and development in the Arab world. It emphasizes contemporary societies and their internal dynamics, the least known and most critical aspects of Arabic studies.
