Governance and Domestic Policymaking in Saudi Arabia: Transforming Society, Economics, Politics and Culture

Cover\nContents\nList of illustrations\nAcknowledgements\nContributors\nAbbreviations\nIntroduction: Setting the scene: Governance and domestic policymaking in Saudi Arabia Mark C. Thompson and Neil Quilliam\nPART 1 Making policy in Saudi Arabia\n	1 Is evidence used for policymaking in Saudi Arabia?: Lessons from an international research-policy partnership in labour policy Ammar A. Malik\n	2 How can Saudi Arabia better coordinate divergent economic reform agendas?: Lessons from the Scandinavian model of state–business relations Faris Al-Sulayman and Makio Yamada\n	3 King-makers or knaves?: The role of consultants in domestic policymaking and governance in Saudi Arabia David B. Jones\nPART 2 Putting policies into practice\n	4 Beyond the glitter factor: Building defence capacity\rin King Salman’s Saudi Arabia D. B. Des Roches\n	5 Young people and vocational education choices in Saudi Arabia: Implications for aligning policy with aspirations Hanaa Almoaibed\n	6 Causes of obesity and public policy Wareed Alenaini\nPART 3 Governance challenges: Managing energy and environmental policies\n	7 Energy Governance: Is the new meeting the old in Saudi Arabia’s energy industries? Jessica Obeid\n	8 In search of legitimacy: Environmental policymaking in Saudi Arabia Tobias Zumbrägel\n	9 Factoring climate action into Saudi Arabia’s economic diversification and stimulus measures: Politics, challenges and opportunities Aisha Al-Sarihi\n	10 Last man standing: Saudi Aramco and global climate action Jim Krane\nAfterword Mark C. Thompson and Neil Quilliam\nIndex