5. The Foreign Investment Act

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acronyms ix
5. Dramatis Personae xi
6. Introduction 1
7. 1. Unpacking the Saudi State 9
8. Part I: Oil and History
9. 2. Oil Fiefdoms in Flux: The New Saudi State in the 1950s 37
10. 3. The Emerging Bureaucratic Order under Faisal 61
11. 4. The 1970s Boom 84
12. Part II: Policy-Making in Segmented Clientelism
13. 5. The Foreign Investment Act 137
14. 6. Eluding the “Saudization” of Labor Markets 185
15. 7. The Fragmented Domestic Negotiations over WTO Adaptation 223
16. 8. Comparing the Case Studies, Comparing Saudi Arabia 246
17. References 277
18. Index 289