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Although Libya And Its Current Leader Have Been The Subject Of Numerous Accounts, Few Have Considered How The Country's Tumultuous History, Its Institutional Development, And Its Emergence As An Oil Economy Combined To Create A State Whose Rulers Ignored The Notion Of Modern Statehood. Dirk Vandewalle Supplies A Detailed Analysis Of Libya's Political And Economic Development Since The Country's Independence In 1951, Basing His Account On Fieldwork In Libya, Archival Research In Tripoli, And Personal Interviews With Some Of The Country's Top Policymakers.--jacket. List Of Acronyms -- Preface -- Note On Transliteration -- Chronology, 1951 1996. --- Part 1. Introduction And Theory. Chapter 1. Introduction: Issues And Framework -- Situating The Debate -- The Libyan Monarchy And Jamahiriyya -- Overview -- Chapter 2. The Distributive State -- State Formation: Revenues And Institutions -- State-building In Distributive States -- Politics And Development In Distributive States -- Distributive States: Oil And History -- State Strength, Autonomy, And Social Setting --- Part 2. Libya Since Independence. Chapter 3. Shadow Of The Past: The Sanusi Kingdom -- The Sanusi Kingdom And The Colonial L

Author

Vandewalle, Dirk J

Publisher

Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780801434723

Subjects

History, Political Science, Humanities

Rating

3.88 / 5 (7 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14