Yemen into the Twenty-First Century: Continuity and Change - Ithaca Press. Regionalism and Rebellion in Yemen. Stephen Day, Regionalism and Rebellion in Yemen. Stephen W. Day, Regionalism and Rebellion in Yemen: A Troubled National Union. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012. Jadaliyya: What made you write this book? Stephen Day (SD): This book had a long gestation period, so answering this question is a bit complicated. I would say the book has been more than ten years in the making. It originates with my doctoral thesis at Georgetown University. Back in 1990 and during the few years that followed, there were strong unionist sentiments in Yemen because of what happened on 22 May 1990. Between 1995 and 1998, I found multiple divisions spreading within the country’s social fabric. When I presented my thesis in the late 1990s, I found strong objections to its emphasis on Yemen’s multiple regional divisions.
After receiving my degree and beginning to teach in 2002, first at Indiana University and then at St. Suddenly my PhD thesis gained new relevance because of active opposition spreading across different regions. Oil Curse in Yemen: The Role of Institutions and Policy. Mahmoud Al-Iriani Abstract This paper studies the natural resource curse (NRC) hypothesis as it applies to Yemen. There is evidence that Yemen has in fact not been immune from the NRC symptoms as identified in the literature. The country’s economic, social and political structures have changed ever since oil was discovered.
Evidence shows that the positive contribution of oil in the country’s development was far from satisfactory. There is also evidence that procyclical government policies have exacerbated the unfavorable effects of oil on the country’s development. In addition, bad (or non-existent) institutions led to mismanagement of oil wealth. Finally, the political economy of oil (rent-seeking) has prevented the development of quality institutions and resulted in political instability and conflict. Arabic Abstract: تدرس هذه الورقة فرضية لعنة الموارد الطبيعية بالتطبيق اليمن.