Kuwait and Al Sabah: Tribal Politics and Power in an Oil State by Rivka Azoulay - Middle East Political History Book for Students & Researchers" （注：由于您提供的原始标题是学术书籍而非跨境电商商品，我按照政治历史类书籍进行了SEO优化，添加了学科领域和使用场景。如果是其他类型商品请提供更多信息）

The Emirate of Kuwait hardly resembles the city-State it was at the start of the 20th century. The discovery of oil in 1938 rapidly transformed the tiny tribal sheikhdomof the Al-Sabah into a modern oil-producing state where, by the early 1980s, citizens were enjoying one of the highest standards of living in the world. While much has been written on the reasons why and how the Al-Sabah became a ruling dynasty, little is known about the nature of their authority and its relationship to Kuwait's social structure. Rivka Azoulay shows how despite the rapidity of change in the oil-rich, family-run emirate, it is the pre-oil dynamics of social and political life that dictate how society operates. The author shows that Kuwait's ambitious diversification plans to reduce oil-dependence by 2035 require a renegotiation of the regime's pact with society, which threatens the pre-oil alliances upon which the Al-Sabah's regime has been built.

Year: 2023