TY - GEN T1 - Good governance in the Middle East oil monarchies T2 - Durham modern Middle East and Islamic world series ; A2 - Najem, Tom A2 - Hetherington, Martin LA - English PP - London ; New York PB - RoutledgeCurzon YR - 2003 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm53012601 AB - The concept of 'good governance' is of increasing importance, and is used by international organizations to ensure reasonable conformity to high standards in states which participate in the global trading regime and other international activities. This book examines the concept of good governance and how it is applied in the states of the Gulf Co-operation Council. These states are particularly important because of their strategic location and massive oil wealth. Moreover, as monarchies, in most cases without powerful democratic representative bodies, and as Islamic countries, with a differ. OP - 141 CN - JQ1840 .G66 2003eb SN - 0203220838 SN - 9780203220832 SN - 0415297400 SN - 9780415297400 SN - 1138362131 SN - 9781138362130 SN - 1280070668 SN - 9781280070662 KW - Persian Gulf States : Politics and government. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE : General. KW - Politics and government KW - Persian Gulf States KW - Openbaar bestuur. KW - Olie-industrie. ER -