Policy making in the GCC : state, citizens and institutions /: state, citizens and institutions. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Mark C. Thompson and Neil Quilliam.
• Editors: Thompson, Mark C (Mark Colin); Quilliam, Neil
• Other Names: Gulf Research Centre Cambridge.; Gulf Research Meeting, 6th
• Contents: Introduction and OverviewMark C. Thompson and Neil QuilliamPART 1: THE STATE AND E-GOVERNMENT1 Identity and State in the Gulf: The Case of KuwaitShafeeq Ghabra2 Saudi Arabia's Support for International DevelopmentMehtab Currey, Abdullah Al Shoaibi and Nassir Al Kasabi 3 GCC Governments Responding to Public Needs through E-government: Progress and Limitations of Public Administration ReformSherif Fawzi Abdel Gawad and Maggie Kamel4 Governance, Participation and ICT: Assessing the Role of E-Government in the State of QatarRhea AbrahamPART 2: CITIZENS: ECONOMY AND LABOUR ISSUES5 Economic Diversification and the Emergence of Inclusive Economic Institutions in the Gulf Cooperation Council StatesI-Tsung Tsai and Abdullah Kaya6 Youth Employability and its Cultural and Institutional Context: Do Current Institutions and Policies Promote or Prevent Greater Productivity and Positivity within Local Labour Markets Towards the Knowledge-Based Economies of the Future?David Jones, Radhika Punshi and Gauri Gupta7 A Review and Critique of the Saudisation Metanarrative: Bringing 'the Citizen' into FocusFaisal KattanPART 3: INSTITUTIONAL PROCESSES8 Institutional Processes and Gender Issues: The Women's Cultural and Social Society as an Agent of Change in Kuwaiti PoliticsAlanoud Alsharekh9 The Rise and Role of State Philanthropy in the United Arab EmiratesNatasha Ridge and Susan Kippels 10 The Role of Private, Non-Government Organisations and New State Institutions in the Gulf in the Development of Civil Society: The Example of Saudi ArabiaAdam KulachBibliographyContributorsIndex.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : I.B.Tauris
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (368 pages)
• Subjects: 953.6; Politics and government; Persian Gulf Region -- Politics and government; Middle East -- Persian Gulf Region
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786722447; 1786722445
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