1. Kuwait and the Al-Sabah Family
The crown al-Sabah family has ruled Kuwait since 1718, witnessing the transition of their merchant-based kingdom into an economically powerful sovereign state. ... A rentier state is one that derives all or the majority of its revenue from the rent of an extractable raw material (usually hydrocarbons) to external buyers. ... Since the majority of the population does not hold Kuwaiti citizenship (66.8%)4, there is a complex socio-political hierarchy within the state, whereby the minority (Kuwaiti citizens) hold virtually all political power - this power hierarchy is never challenged. ... In ord...
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