Download or read book Change and Development in the Gulf written by A. Abdelkarim and published by Springer. This book was released on 1999-01-29 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Processes of change, stagnation and development in the countries of the Gulf Co-operation Council are analyzed in this book. The contributors show impact of oil revenues on population change and social development and on redefining the socio-economic role of the state. Oil could open venues for industrialization and development. However, lack of population policies, problems of human resources development, the rather slow change in gender relations and in political systems and heavy spending on militarization, it is argued, could impede development endeavour.