Jean-Francois Seznec is Visiting Professor at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University, and is Senior Advisor to PFC Energy in Washington, D.C. His research centres on the influence of the Arab-Persian Gulf’s political and social variables on the financial and oil markets in the region, with a focus on industrialization of the Gulf and, in particular, the growth of the petrochemical industry. Mimi Kirk is Multimedia and Publications Editor at the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University. She has a B.A. in anthropology from Haverford College and an M.A. in cultural studies from Emory University, where she focused her research on Islamic and French colonial architecture in the city of Fès, Morocco.

• Foreword. Introduction Part 1: Financing the Growth 1. Lean and Mean: The New Breed of State-owned Enterprises in the Gulf Monarchies 2. Financing Industrialization in the Arab-Persian Gulf 3. Hawkamah in the Gulf: Local Reception of Modern Corporate Governance Standards for Publicly Traded Companies in the Arab Gulf States Part 2: Competing Models: The Gulf Arab States and Iran 4. The Political Economy of Saudi-Iranian Relations: Present and Future 5. Strategic Dynamics of Iran-GCC Relations 6. Gulf Cooperation Council Diplomatic Coordination: The Limited Role of Instiutionalization Part 3: Labour Constraints and Migration Issues 7. Dependence, Disdain and Distance: State, Labour and Citizenship in the Arab Gulf States 8. Great Expectations: Western-style Education in the Gulf States Part 4: The Role of Women in Industrialization 9. Saudi Women: Modernity and Change 10. The Role of Women in Industrialization in the Gulf: The Case of Bahrain Part 5: Gulf Industrialization in Perspective 11. Gulf Industrialization in Perspective 12. Industrializing Gulf Society

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