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Petro-Periodicals and Resource Sovereignty
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8965089 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laleh Khalili (0000-0002-8226-037X, University of Exeter, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 446-464 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743824000801 |
| OpenAlex | W4406770110 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 27 |
The period of struggle over hydrocarbon sovereignty in the Arab world –the 1950s-1970s– saw a spate of periodicals in Arabic about oil. These included periodicals produced by the public relations departments of Euro-American oil companies, as well as monthlies, weeklies and quarterlies produced by Arab journalists, experts, and former oil revolutionaries in Cairo, Baghdad, Beirut and Kuwait. This essay argues that the trajectory of these latter publications –both their context and content– traces the massive political transformations that saw a shift of power in the region, alongside a radical transformation in the representation of oil from a public good into a private property
Business · Political science · Politics · Resource (disambiguation · Sovereignty · Computer Science · Law · Mining and Resource Management · Natural Resources and Economic Development · Water Governance and Infrastructure
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |