In addition, beblawiluciani define a political system as a rentier state only if a minority in the population is engaged in the generation of the rent, while the majority is. Resource rents turn from a source of conflict to a promoter of peace and stability. Since 1990 when beblawi and luciani has published their. The rentier state in the arab world hazem beblawi introduction the concept of a rentier state has gained renewed interest with the advent of the oil era and the emergence of the new arab oilproducing states. Third parties are taxed in the rentier state by paying profits for commodities. How the rentseeking view of resource rents may lead to the rentier state view. The term rent appears, with a different meaning, in studies that deal with the consequences of rentseeking by influential actors in the domestic political economy. Since 1990 when beblawi and luciani has published their book the rentier states from econ 498 at maseno university. Employment and career motivation in the arab gulf states.
Please click button to get the rentier state book now. The rentier states of the middle east, which derive a substantial part of their revenue from foreign sources in the form of rent, largely oil revenues, face the same basic problem, the challenge of. As the iranian annual budget is financed by oil revenue, it is involved in a rentier state case. Bad governance in iran has created dutch disease, rentier state, and resource curse, drr as a characteristic triangle. Aid plays a significant role in the process of statebuilding, particularly in the postconflict era. Economic crisis and postrentier democratization in the. Beblawi, h 1990 the rentier state in the arab world. Rentier state was now clearly counterposed to an ideal type production state implicitly.
The rentier stateresource curse narrative and the state. The term rent is well established in the economic literature since the time of the fathers of political economy. The core focus of this paper is to assess the relationship between the electricity consumption and institutions within rentierism phenomenon by incorporating economic gr. This tends to make the citizenry in rentier states deeply opposed to reforms that promise longterm gains in return for shortterm losses beblawi and luciani 1987.
Similarly, nathan jensen and leonard wantchekon have concluded, the key mechanism linking 1 countries vary tremendously in their taxnontax revenue mix. Contrarily, the theory of the rentier state largely neglected in the study of peace and war in this respect suggests that regimes use revenue from abundant resources to buy off peace through patronage, largescale distributive policies and effective repression. Research highlights theory to explain evidence on the nonmonotonic effect of resource rents on conflict. In current politicalscience and internationalrelations theory, a rentier state is a state which derives all or a substantial portion of its national revenues from the rent of indigenous resources to external clients. In addition, beblawi luciani define a political system as a rentier state only if a minority in the population is engaged in the generation of the rent, while the majority is involved only in the distribution or utilisation of it. Desha m girod, megan a stewart, and meir r walters. Income measurement in arab states thomas stauffer 2. Hazem beblawi, the rentier state in the arab world, in hazem beblawi and giacomo luciani eds. Attitudes toward industry and services michel chatelus 6. The agrarian rentier political economy 53 changeably here. Income measurement in arab states 2 the rentier state in. Feb 04, 2016 the late rentier state notion captures the desire of uae to engage in an active development policy to engineer predetermined economic outcomes gray, 2011. The politics of demobilization in rentier autocracies. May 23, 2014 aid plays a significant role in the process of statebuilding, particularly in the postconflict era.
Economic diversification potential in the rentier states. Apr 10, 2019 6 the classic statement on rentierism is beblawis article on the rentier state, while the recent marxist critiques contextualize the rentier stateand the effect of rentierismthrough a more complex story of capitalist development. The country is at a crossroads, as evidenced by both its unsustainable economic model and the plan that the government proposed in spring 2016 to overcome dependence on oil, vision 2030. In a celebrated passage, adam smith distinguished between. This argument goes back at least to joseph schumpeter 1918 who spoke of the tax state, describing how a countrys tax system shapes the relationship between a state and.
This is a fact of paramount importance, cutting across the whole of the social fabric of the economy affecting the role. The rentier state theory is also a concern of this study since it is not only the first initiative that aims to define the different structures of those states but also since it opened the way for analyzing these states as exceptional. Are rentier monarchies a viable road to development in the. Rentier state theory rst gained currency in the late 1980s, and remains widely. The rentier stateresource curse narrative and the state of the arabian gulf emilie rutledge. The macrobehaviour of oilrentier states in the arab region mahmoud abdelfadil 5.
Jul 27, 2015 introduction hazem beblawi and giacomo luciani. Reward income or wealth is not related to work and risk bearing, rather to chance or situation. It also aids in accounting for the more active foreign policy, accounting for the uaes need to protect itself and its rentier wealth from. O wning natural resources has been beneficial for some countries, but hurtful for some others.
All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it. The macrobehaviour of oil rentier states in the arab region mahmoud abdelfadil 5. This article examines the countrys ability to achieve this objective by. Beblawi 1990, however, delineates four basic characteristics of a rentier state which are a rent situations must predominate in that there is no such thing as a pure rentier economy b the rent must come from abroad or outside the country c in a rentier state only the few i. It will be suggested that a number of reasons account for this, not least, the nature and subject of the rent itself. Pdf this chapter is concerned with african rentier states, a category first coined by an iranian. The rentier state in the arab world hazem beblawi 3. Hence, this study will target to prove that a critical reading of the.
An assessment of the role of nigerian state in enforcing zero. The rentier state theory rst has been proposed to explain the unique economicpolitic nature of the authoritarian and resourcerich countries starting in the 1970s 7,8. This is a fact of paramount importance, cutting across the whole of the social fabric of the economy affecting the role of the state in the society beblawi, 1990, p. An alternative explanation derived from the rentierstate model may render this connection. This volume, first published in 1987, is devoted to a discussion of interrelations of the economic base with the cultural, social and political structures, and of its impact on the state. This paper develops a theoretical model to analyze whether a rentier state can diversify its economy away from the rent revenue and hence sustain the economic development and preserve the statusquo. The late rentier state notion captures the desire of uae to engage in an active development policy to engineer predetermined economic outcomes gray, 2011. This paper proposes that the rentier state and resource curse theories be considered as two elements of the same paradigm which, despite a growing body of contrary empirical evidence, retains a hegemonic influence in political economy discourse.
Successes and failures of economic reform in nigerias. For adam smith rent, though a source of income, is nonetheless different from other sources, in that it is not the cause of prices but, rather, the effect of them. The term rentier state has been used since the 20th century, in a number of ways. The rentier state 1st edition hazem beblawi giacomo.
Rentier economy has farreaching political, social, and cultural consequences. Challenging state corruption in africa, in the journal of modern african studies, vol. Later works still held to the broad characterizations of the rentier state that luciani, beblawi, and others developed in the 1980s and 1990s. Hazem beblawi, e rentier s tate in the arab w orld, in. Optimum management of natural resources in the former group has enhanced economic growth, bad governance, however, has led to dutch disease in the latter group. Beblawi introduced a rentier state theory using three key characteristics. The notion of rentier mentality has dominated the literature on the gulf states for almost 40 years now. A main theorist of the rentier state theories argues that in a rentier state, the government is the principal recipient of the external rent in the economy. The concept of the rentier state, or the rentier economy, applies to a country that relies on substantial external rent in the form of the sale of oil, transit charges suez canal, or tourism. Beblawi 1990, however, delineates four basic characteristics of a rentier state which are a rent situations must predominate in that there is no such thing as a pure rentier economy b the rent must come from abroad or outside the country c in a rentier. This volume, first published in 1987, is devoted to a discussion of inte. Pdf the palestinian authority and the rentier state. In poor countries, aid normally contributes a lions share of government expenditure, thus allowing aid providers to contribute to the development of an inclusive society through the reduction of horizontal inequalities. Activation of more groups in conflict makes transfer program by government credible.
Secondly, a substantial amount of that rent is gained externally, i. Note that this definition excludes workers remittances. Water free fulltext a rentier state under blockade. Firstly, in a rentier state, rent is the predominant income. The rentier state hazem beblawi, giacomo luciani eds. The high levels of consumption have been enabled by qatars significant hydrocarbons wealth, a generous rentier states redistributive water governance, and structural. Income measurement in arab states 2 the rentier state in the. Hazem beblawi, the rentier state in the arab world, arab studies quarterly 9, 4 1987, pp. This site is like a library, you could find million book here by using search box in the widget. It can also be applied to nations which trade on their strategic resources, such as an important military base.
This article investigates qatars sustainability crisis of the high levels of water, electricity and food use. Beblawi, hazem, the rentier state in the arab world, eds, in hazem beblawi and giacomo luciani, the rentier state. In a celebrated passage, adam smith distinguished between rent and other sources of income. Is rentier state theory sufficient to explain the politics of. The oil price drop which occurred in international markets in 2014 has revived concerns about the economic situation of saudi arabia. In 1987, luciani and beblawi defined it as a break in the workreward causation. Pdf the rise and fall of oilrentier states in africa researchgate. Pdf rentiers detat download full pdf download book. The idea of the rentier state lacking a positive and societallyengaged economic policy, therefore, probably held water then. Beblawi 1990 made the argument in what is now simple, even simplistic, terms. See also delacroix, jacques, the distributive state in the world system, studies in comparative international development 15 1980, 3 21. In the introduction of their edited volume the rentier state, beblawi and luciani 1987 attempt to provide what they call a structured debate regarding the problems of the rentier system and develop the intricacy between the state, the economy, and the rentier system.
The limits to democracy posed by oil rentier states. Rentiers detat available for download and read online in pdf, epub, mobi. In a rentier state, a small segment of the society has access directly in the creation of wealth while the rest involves in distribution and utilization of the wealth 6,8. As chaudhry notes, large flows of remittances have different political implications than do large oil rents. Pdf harmonizing globalization and traditionalism in the. The rentier stateresource curse narrative and the state of. Considering the decarbonization process of the global economy and rapidly fall in economic value of hydrocarbons in the face of the supply glut, rentier states depending on oil and gas revenues. An assessment of the role of nigerian state in enforcing. Is rentier state theory sufficient to explain the politics.
The rentier state in the arab war id hazem beblawi introduction the concept of a rentier state has gained renewed interest with the advent of the oil era and the emergence of the new arab oilproducing states. In other rentier states, limited protests did not lead to uprisings. The concept of rentier states revisited springerlink. Rentier states or the relationship between regime stability. Rent seeking and regime stability in rentier states.
The rentier states of the middle east, which derive a substantial part of their revenue from. The implications of the rentier state theory regarding the. Product financial institution financial asset arab world allocation state. Scholars of european state formation have long underlined the connection between taxation and political development, noting that revenue collection can promote institutionbuilding and accountability.
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