Hydrocarbon citizens : how oil transformed people and politics in the Middle East / Nimah Mazaheri.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2022Copyright date: ©2023Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197636756; 9780197636749Subject(s): Petroleum industry and trade -- Social aspects -- Middle East -- History | Citizenship -- Middle East
| Public administration -- Middle East -- Public opinion | Industry | Industry & industrial studiesAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197636725DDC classification: 338.272820956 LOC classification: HD9576.M52 | M39 2022Online resources: Oxford Academic Summary: In 'Hydrocarbon Citizens', Nimah Mazaheri tells the story of how the discovery of oil dramatically transformed politics and society in the Middle East. Including historical evidence and public opinion surveys, Mazaheri offers a nuanced description of how ordinary people in the region think about their government and evaluate national politics. He concludes that people in oil-rich countries adopt attitudes, beliefs, and values that are very different from those among citizens in oil-poor countries. Mazaheri provides a new way of thinking about current politics in the Middle East and explains why some of the region's long-lasting autocracies have been successful in resisting the rise of democracy.
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Also issued in print: 2023.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In 'Hydrocarbon Citizens', Nimah Mazaheri tells the story of how the discovery of oil dramatically transformed politics and society in the Middle East. Including historical evidence and public opinion surveys, Mazaheri offers a nuanced description of how ordinary people in the region think about their government and evaluate national politics. He concludes that people in oil-rich countries adopt attitudes, beliefs, and values that are very different from those among citizens in oil-poor countries. Mazaheri provides a new way of thinking about current politics in the Middle East and explains why some of the region's long-lasting autocracies have been successful in resisting the rise of democracy.
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