TY  - BOOK
AU  - Qasem,Islam Y.
TI  - Oil and security policies: Saudi Arabia, 1950-2012 
T2  - International comparative social studies,
SN  - 9789004277731
AV  - HD9576.S32 Q26 2015
U1  - 338.2/72820953809045 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Leiden, Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Petroleum industry and trade
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Saudi Arabia
KW  - Energy consumption
KW  - Internal security
KW  - National security
KW  - Security, International
KW  - Foreign relations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary Material; Islam Y. Qasem --; Introduction; Islam Y. Qasem --; Rentier Theory and Saudi Arabia; Islam Y. Qasem --; Neo-Rentier Theory; Islam Y. Qasem --; The Pre-Boom (1950–1970); Islam Y. Qasem --; The First Boom (1970–1985); Islam Y. Qasem --; The Bust (1985–2000); Islam Y. Qasem --; The Second Boom (2000–2012); Islam Y. Qasem --; Conclusion; Islam Y. Qasem --; Bibliography; Islam Y. Qasem --; Index; Islam Y. Qasem; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - With one quarter of proven oil reserves and the largest oil production in the world, Saudi Arabia has been at the center of world politics. Its vast oil resources have been utilized in various ways to maximize internal and external security. While oil revenue allowed the Saudi state to buy off legitimacy at home and abroad, the Saudi state exploited oil supply to either forge alliances with or pressure consuming and producing countries. By providing an insightful account of how oil resources shaped Saudi security policies since the mid-twentieth century, Islam Y. Qasem offers a timely contribution to the study of oil politics and the interrelationship between economic interdependence and security
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004277731
ER  -