Gulf politics and economics in a changing world / editors, Michael Hudson, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Mimi Kirk, Middle East Institute, USA .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Michael C Hudson and Mimi Kirk -- The development trajectory of the GCC states : an analysis of aims and visions in current development plans / Martin Hvidt -- Redesigning the distributional bargain in the GCC / Steffen Hertog -- State-business relations in the Gulf : the role of business actors in the decision- -- Making process of reform in Bahrain and Oman / Marc Valeri -- Gulf governance : the rule of law and political liberalization in the Arab Gulf / David M Mednicoff and Joanne E. Springer -- The dynamics of distribution in the Gulf : selective allocations, agency, and bureaucratic accessibility in Kuwait / James C A Redman -- Rethinking regional organization in the Gulf and the greater Middle East / Malik Dahlan -- Sources of continuity in Iran's foreign policy / Mahmood Sariolghalam -- American policy in the Persian Gulf : from balance of power to failed hegemony / F. Gregory Gause, III -- Neither East nor West? : the Gulf in a post-American world / Alain Gresh -- US military bases in the Gulf and the dynamics of redeployment / Sun Degang.