Good Governance in the Middle East Oil Monarchies

Tom Pierre Najem is Lecturer in Political Economy at the University of Durham. His research and teaching interests are in international relations and comparative politics with particular interest in international political economy, economic development, and political development (human rights and democratisation). He has written widely on these subjects, including two monographs on Lebanese politics. Martin Hetherington is Researcher in Middle Eastern Studies at the Middle East and North Africa Research Group, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London.

Introduction 1. Good Governance: The Definition and Application of the Concept 2. The States of the Gulf Co-operation Council 3. Reform from Above: The Politics of Participation in the Oil Monarchies 4. Good International Governance: Implications for Saudi Arabia's Political Economy 5. Dynamics of GCC Press-Government Relations in the 1990s 6. Climate Governance in the GCC