Social and economic development in the Arab Gulf / edited by Tim Niblock.

Initially presented as papers to the inaugural conference of the Centre for Arab Gulf Studies at the University of Exeter, held 9-13 July 1979."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Tim Niblock -- Involvement and change: the coming of the oil age to Saudi Arabia / J.J. Malone -- The mode of production in the Arab Gulf before the discovery of oil / Mohamed G. Rumaihi -- Hegemony, dependence and development in the Gulf / Rosemarie Said Zahlan -- Natural resources and development in the Gulf states / Keith McLachlan -- Problems confronting the establishment of a heavy industrial base in the Arab Gulf / John Townsend -- Pastoral nomads in a rapid changing economy: the case of Saudi Arabia / Donald P. Cole -- Changes in the structure of village life in Oman / J.C. Wilkinson -- Economic and social implications of current development in the Arab Gulf: the Oriental connection / J.S. Birks and C.A. Sinclair-- Political participation and the constitutional experiments in the Arab Gulf: Bahrain and Qatar / Emile A. Nakhleh -- Federalism in the United Arab Emirates: prospects and regional implications / Naomi Sakr -- The prospects for integration in the Arab Gulf / Tim Niblock -- The Gulf between two revolutions: 1958-1979 / Fred Halliday.