Book DescriptionThe concept of "good governance" is of increasing importance, and is used by international organisations to ensure reasonable conformity to high standards in states which participate in the global trading regime and other international activities This book examines the concept of good governance and how it is applied ожлщб in the states of the Gulf Co-operation Council These states are particularly important because of their strategic location and massive oil wealth Moreover, as monarchies, in most cases without powerful democratic representative bodies, and as Islamic countries, with a different outlook from countries of the West, Western standards of good governance may need to be modified in order for them to be implemented effectively.  В книге приведены2003 г ISBN 0415297400.