| Project/Area Number |
19K12537
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 80010:Area studies-related
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| Research Institution | Waseda University |
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Principal Investigator |
Gray Matthew 早稲田大学, 国際学術院, 教授 (70791292)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2025-03-31
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| Project Status |
Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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| Keywords | new state capitalism / entrepreneurial state / economic statecraft / rentier state theory / Persian Gulf states / economic reform / Persian Gulf countries / political economy / ecoonomic reform / state capitalism / politics / Gulf states / Arab countries / rentierism / Gulf studies / Middle Eastern studies / political science |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
This project will develop a new theory of state capitalism - a system where the state allows some free market mechanisms and private sector operations in the economy, while being a major owner in the economy and tightly controlling it - in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf [Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)]. It will explain the sources of the Gulf's form of "new state capitalism" (NSC); how this links to oil wealth and politics; how state capitalism affects state policies and behavior; and the implications for political and economic stability.
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
This year my research focus was on three main activities: collating and assessing material gathered on fieldwork in early 2023; gathering additional primary data, especially the details of state-owned and semi-state-owned firms; and beginning the dissemination process for some of the research findings thus far. I also conducted some additional secondary research, particularly in refining the comparative political economy aspect of the research. Dissemination included drafting or refining several publications drawing on the research results: three research articles/chapters were published in 2023 that drew on the research, with a further piece in press and scheduled to appear later in 2024.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
3: Progress in research has been slightly delayed.
Reason
Although I have now published multiple pieces that would not have been possible without this JSPS grant, the project was severely hampered by the Covid-19 pandemic and my inability to do detailed fieldwork earlier in the process. As a result, I have abandoned my initial plans for a book-length manuscript specifically on the state capitalism concept, but now intend to prepare a more theory-centered book in the coming years (hopefully during sabbatical in 2025-2026) which combines the state capitalism research done under this project with associated ideas that I have developed on rentierism and economic statecraft.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
I hope to still supplement my theoretical and desk research with further, detailed fieldwork in the Gulf states in either late 2024 or after the project ends in 2025. As noted, I hope that this will lead to a book or similar manuscript that combines the focus of this project with associated ideas I have developed in the research process.
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