Policy-making in a transformative state : the case of Qatar

Author(s)

    • Tok, M. Evren
    • Alkhater, Lolwah R. M.
    • Jāmiʻat Ḥamad ibn Khalīfah. Kullīyat al-Dirāsāt al-Islāmīyah

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Policy-making in a transformative state : the case of Qatar

[edited by] M. Evren Tok, Lolwah R.M. Alkhater, Leslie A. Pal

Palgrave Macmillan, c2016

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"... began many years ago in seminars, lectures, and discussions organized through the Public Policy in Islam Program of Qatar Faculty Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University."--P. v

Includes bibliographical references and index

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This book explores, in a series of detailed case studies, how public policy is actually made in Qatar. While Qatar is a Gulf monarchy, its governance is complex. Other analysts have tried to come to grips with this complexity using qualified descriptions of the system such as 'late rentier,' 'pluralized autocracy,' 'tribal democracy,' or 'soft authoritarian.' The authors of the volume use the lens of a transformative state. Qatar is deliberately engaged in a rapid process of radical economic and societal transformation. That process has its contradictions and tensions, particularly with regards to achieving a balance between Islam, social traditions, and modernity. This book explores how it also has a specific policy dynamic of generating ideas and institutions, developing policy and program designs, implementation and coordination.

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