Oman under Qaboos : from coup to constitution, 1970-1996 / Calvin H. Allen, Jr. and W. Lynn Rigsbee, II.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2000.Description: xix, 251 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0714650013
  • 9780714650012
  • 0714682276
  • 9780714682273
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 953 21
LOC classification:
  • DS247.O68 A59 2000
Other classification:
  • 15.75
Online resources:
Contents:
The reign of Sa'id b. Taimur and the beginnings of the modern Omani state -- Omani political development -- The Dhofar war and Omani military and security development -- Planning, finance and the business environment -- Natural resources and industrial development -- Infrastructure and human resource development -- Foreign policy under Sultan Qaboos -- Oman 1970 to 1996 and after: rentier state or Rechtsstaat?
Review: "In a detailed examination of Oman under Qaboos, Calvin Allen and Lynn Rigsbee analyse political, military, economic, social and foreign policy development since 1970 with a focus on two themes: the continuity between the regime of Sa'id b. Taimur and that of Sultan Quaboos, and the domestic and international factors that have influenced government policies."--Jacket.
Item type: BOOK
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-244) and index.

The reign of Sa'id b. Taimur and the beginnings of the modern Omani state -- Omani political development -- The Dhofar war and Omani military and security development -- Planning, finance and the business environment -- Natural resources and industrial development -- Infrastructure and human resource development -- Foreign policy under Sultan Qaboos -- Oman 1970 to 1996 and after: rentier state or Rechtsstaat?

"In a detailed examination of Oman under Qaboos, Calvin Allen and Lynn Rigsbee analyse political, military, economic, social and foreign policy development since 1970 with a focus on two themes: the continuity between the regime of Sa'id b. Taimur and that of Sultan Quaboos, and the domestic and international factors that have influenced government policies."--Jacket.