Arts, Culture, and Tourism: Discovering and Reinventing Qatar

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Tables and Figures xi
4. A Note on Transliteration and Terminology xiii
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. 1 The Transformation of Qatar
7. Introduction 1
8. Why a Book on Contemporary Qatar? 3
9. Explaining Qatar’s Political Economy 7
10. About This Book 13
11. 2 The Historical Context
12. Introduction 21
13. The Rise of the Al Thani Family 23
14. The Political Economy After Oil 29
15. Qatar Under Khalifa, 1972–1995 36
16. Hamad, the 1995 Coup, and the New Qatar 46
17. 3 The Political Order
18. An “Energy-Driven” Economy: The State as Chauffeur 53
19. The Royal Family 56
20. State Mechanisms and State-Owned Firms 64
21. The Business Families, Tribes, and Social Linkages 70
22. International Business Actors 74
23. 4 Oil, Gas, and Rents
24. Introduction 81
25. Qatar’s Energy Resources and Political Economy 82
26. The Scope and Future of the Oil Sector 90
27. The Centrality of Gas 93
28. Petrochemicals and Energy Integration 102
29. Rents Reinvested: Qatar’s Sovereign Wealth Fund 105
30. The Place of Energy 109
31. 5 Energy-Driven Economic Diversification
32. Introduction 117
33. The Qatar National Vision 2030 and Its Objectives 119
34. Economic Liberalization and Business Reform 122
35. Direct Beneficiaries of Rents: Construction and Infrastructure 130
36. Higher Education 132
37. Banking and Islamic Finance 140
38. Aviation: Qatar Airways 148
39. The State and Economic Diversification 151
40. 6 The Strategy of National Branding
41. Introduction 159
42. Why and How Qatar Is Branded 160
43. Al-Jazeera: The Political Economy of Branding by Media 166
44. Sports, Major Events, and National Branding 170
45. Arts, Culture, and Tourism: Discovering and Reinventing Qatar 175
46. Development Strategies Beyond Economics 180
47. 7 Qatar in the International Arena
48. Introduction 185
49. Cooperation and Competition with the GCC 186
50. Qatar and Regional Security and Military Issues 191
51. Qatar’s Relationship with the United States 195
52. Qatar’s Relationship with Iran 198
53. Qatar’s Relationship with Israel 200
54. Qatar’s Relationship with China and Emerging Asian States 203
55. Qatar and the Arab Spring 207
56. Influence, Protection, Microstatism, and Qatar’s Balancing Act 210
57. 8 Challenges for the Future
58. Introduction 215
59. Qatar, the Global Financial Crisis, and the Economy 216
60. Problems of the Labor Market and Qatarization 221
61. Questions of Qatari Culture and Identity 226
62. Social Change: Future Roles for Women and Youth 229
63. The Challenge of Political Change After the Arab Spring: Is Democratization Inevitable? 233
64. Is There a “Qatar Model” of Development? 236
65. Conclusion: Past, Present, and Future 240
66. Bibliography 249
67. Index 259
68. About the Book 271