Change and Development in the Gulf

Processes of change, stagnation and development in the countries of the Gulf Co-operation Council are analyzed in this book. The contributors show impact of oil revenues on population change and social development and on redefining the socio-economic role of the state. Oil could open venues for industrialization and development. However, lack of population policies, problems of human resources development, the rather slow change in gender relations and in political systems and heavy spending on militarization, it is argued, could impede development endeavour.

PAUL AARTS Department of Political Science, University of Amsterdam KHALID M. ABDALLA Department of Economics, University of Bahrain, Manama OSAMA SAAD AHMED Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Manama, Bahrain BAQUER SALMAN AL-NAJAR Department of Sociology, Manama University of Bahrain FATIMA S. AL-SHAMSI Department of Sociology, Manama University of Bahrain ELEANOR DOUMATO Department of Economics, University of United Arab Emirates, UAE ADIL OSMAN GEBRIEL Consultant, Amsterdam, Netherlands CHARLOTTE HEATH Department for International Development, London SERGE HERZOG Ministry of Defence, Geneva, Switzerland