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03682aam a2200517 i 4500 001 3BBA245AE0EC11E9857E6C2C97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190927010022 008 180626s2019 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018027640 020 $a 0231179308 020 $a 9780231179300 035 $a (OCoLC)1035433826 040 $a DGU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d TOH $d YDX $d YUS $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d VP@ $d OCLCA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a ap----- 050 00 $a HD9576.P52 $b K73 2019 082 00 $a 338.2/72809536 $2 23 100 1 $a Krane, Jim, $e author. 245 10 $a Energy kingdoms : $b oil and political survival in the Persian Gulf / $c Jim Krane. 264 1 $a New York : $b Columbia University Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xi, 206 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Center on Global Energy Policy series 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Before oil -- The oil age arrives -- The big payback -- From energy poverty to energy extremism -- Unnaturally cool -- We have a serious problem -- Iran and Dubai lead the way -- Shifting gears in Saudi Arabia -- The politics of reform -- Conclusion: the climate hedge. 520 $a After the discovery of oil in the 1930s, the Gulf monarchies--Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Bahrain--went from being among the world's poorest and most isolated places to some of its most ostentatiously wealthy. To maintain support, the ruling sheikhs provide their subjects with boundless cheap energy, unwittingly leading to some of the highest consumption rates on earth. Today, as summertime temperatures set new records, the Gulf's rulers find themselves caught in a dilemma: can they curb their profligacy without jeopardizing the survival of some of the world's last remaining absolute monarchies? In Energy Kingdoms, Jim Krane takes readers inside the monarchies to consider the conundrum facing the Gulf states. He traces the history of their energy use and policies, looking in particular at how energy subsidies have distorted demand. Oil exports are the lifeblood of their political-economic systems--and the basis of their strategic importance--but domestic consumption has begun eating into exports while climate change threatens to render the region uninhabitable. At risk are the sheikhdoms' way of life, their relations with their Western protectors, and their political stability in a chaotic region. Backed by rich fieldwork and deep knowledge of the region, Krane expertly lays out the hard choices that Gulf leaders face to keep their states viable. 650 0 $a Petroleum industry and trade $z Persian Gulf Region. 650 0 $a Petroleum industry and trade $x Political aspects $z Persian Gulf Region. 650 0 $a Energy consumption $z Persian Gulf Region. 650 0 $a Energy policy $z Persian Gulf Region. 650 7 $a TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Petroleum. $2 bisacsh 650 7 $a Energy consumption. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00909986 650 7 $a Energy policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00910200 650 7 $a Petroleum industry and trade. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01059546 650 7 $a Petroleum industry and trade $x Political aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01059632 651 7 $a Middle East $z Persian Gulf Region. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01244349 650 7 $a ErdoÌl $2 gnd 650 7 $a Politik $2 gnd 651 7 $a Golfstaaten $2 gnd 830 0 $a Center on Global Energy Policy series. 941 $a 3 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214015208.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20200319010330.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20191011011638.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3BBA245AE0EC11E9857E6C2C97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOKInitiate Another SILO Locator Search