Policy-Making in the GCC

Introduction and Overview
Mark C. Thompson and Neil Quilliam
PART 1: THE STATE AND E-GOVERNMENT
1 Identity and State in the Gulf: The Case of Kuwait
Shafeeq Ghabra
2 Saudi Arabia's Support for International Development
Mehtab Currey, Abdullah Al Shoaibi and Nassir Al Kasabi
3 GCC Governments Responding to Public Needs through E-government: Progress and Limitations of Public Administration Reform
Sherif Fawzi Abdel Gawad and Maggie Kamel
4 Governance, Participation and ICT: Assessing the Role of E-Government in the State of Qatar
Rhea Abraham
PART 2: CITIZENS: ECONOMY AND LABOUR ISSUES
5 Economic Diversification and the Emergence of Inclusive Economic Institutions in the Gulf Cooperation Council States
I-Tsung Tsai and Abdullah Kaya
6 Youth Employability and its Cultural and Institutional Context: Do Current Institutions and Policies Promote or Prevent Greater Productivity and Positivity within Local Labour Markets Towards the Knowledge-Based Economies of the Future?
David Jones, Radhika Punshi and Gauri Gupta
7 A Review and Critique of the Saudisation Metanarrative: Bringing 'the Citizen' into Focus
Faisal Kattan
PART 3: INSTITUTIONAL PROCESSES
8 Institutional Processes and Gender Issues: The Women's Cultural and Social Society as an Agent of Change in Kuwaiti Politics
Alanoud Alsharekh
9 The Rise and Role of State Philanthropy in the United Arab Emirates
Natasha Ridge and Susan Kippels
10 The Role of Private, Non-Government Organisations and New State Institutions in the Gulf in the Development of Civil Society: The Example of Saudi Arabia
Adam Kulach
Bibliography
Contributors
Index