The political economy of state-formation in the Arab Middle East: Rentier states, economic reform, and democratization

Review of International Political Economy

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 599-621

  Schwarz, Rolf ^a  

^a Centre on Conflict Development and Peacebuilding   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Democratization; Development; Political economy; Rentier state; State formation; Taxation

Indexed keywords

EID: 54949095837     PISSN: 09692290     EISSN: 14664526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09692290802260662     Document Type: Review

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