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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Rentier states"”.
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The Oil Blessing: Reexamining Conflict in the Muslim World
… in Muslim-majority countries. This supports the 'rentier state' perspective which states that regimes with significant oil resources mitigate conflict by strengthening the state relative to the populace and by distributing rent. Lastly, I argue the reasons for the concentration of conflict in …
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Education Development in Qatar: Between Geopolitical Influences and Women's Social Mobilities
… the gaps that this work aims to address: rentier state theory, theories of tribal and family structure in the gulf, and the emerging literature on western satellite campuses in GCC state. I conclude the chapter by presenting and justifying my choice of qualitative research methods, …
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Harsh and Philanthropic War: U.S. Success and Failure in Third Party Counterinsurgency
Before 1950, the United States intervened in large scale counterinsurgencies twice as often and intervened almost exactly as long as interventions after 1950. Yet, U.S. supported states developed before 1950 tended to survive an average thirty years after U.S. withdrawal. In contrast, U.S. …