Outputs (7)

Saudi Arabia’s political demobilization in regional comparison: monarchical tortoise and republican hares (2009)
Book Chapter
Hertog, S. (2009). Saudi Arabia’s political demobilization in regional comparison: monarchical tortoise and republican hares. In L. Guazzone, & D. Pioppi (Eds.), The Arab state and neo-liberal globalization : the restructuring of state power in the Middle East (73-93). Ithaca

'Two-level negotiations in a fragmented system: Saudi Arabia's WTO accession' (2008)
Journal Article
Hertog, S. (2008). 'Two-level negotiations in a fragmented system: Saudi Arabia's WTO accession'. Review of International Political Economy, 15(4), 650-679. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290802260696

Based on a case study of Saudi Arabia's WTO accession, the article offers a critique of conventional factor- and sector-based models of trade policy, proposing instead a two-level institutional account that is likely to be relevant for non-democratic... Read More about 'Two-level negotiations in a fragmented system: Saudi Arabia's WTO accession'.

'Engineers of Jihad' (2007)
Preprint / Working Paper
Gambetta, D., & Hertog, S. 'Engineers of Jihad'

We find that graduates from subjects such as science, engineering, and medicine are strongly overrepresented among Islamist movements in the Muslim world, though not among the extremist Islamic groups which have emerged in Western countries more rece... Read More about 'Engineers of Jihad'.

'Shaping the Saudi State: human agency's shifting role in rentier-state formation' (2007)
Journal Article
Hertog, S. (2007). 'Shaping the Saudi State: human agency's shifting role in rentier-state formation'. International Journal of Middle East Studies, 39(4), 539-563. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0020743807071073

There are two established ways of recounting the emergence of the modern Gulf oil monarchies. The social scientific explanation describes anonymous structural forces, the “resource curse” of the “rentier state,” and how these have shaped politics and... Read More about 'Shaping the Saudi State: human agency's shifting role in rentier-state formation'.

'The GCC and Arab economic integration: a new paradigm' (2007)
Journal Article
Hertog, S. (2007). 'The GCC and Arab economic integration: a new paradigm'. Middle East Policy, 14(1), 52-68. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4967.2007.00283.x

Segmented clientism : the political economy of Saudi economic reform efforts (2005)
Book Chapter
Hertog, S. (2006). Segmented clientism : the political economy of Saudi economic reform efforts. In P. Aarts, & G. Nonneman (Eds.), Saudi Arabia in the balance, political economy, society, foreign affairs (111-143). NYU Press

Energy and sustainability policies in the GCC
Preprint / Working Paper
Hertog, S., & Luciani, G. (2009). Energy and sustainability policies in the GCC. [No known commissioning body]

Per capita oil and gas consumption and, by implication, CO2 emissions in the GCC countries are uniquely high. This paper will argue that under current global market conditions, fossil fuel conservation is a rational strategy for the Gulf monarchies;... Read More about Energy and sustainability policies in the GCC.