The Wages of Oil : Parliaments and Economic Development in Kuwait and the UAE.
Herb, Michael.
The Wages of Oil : Parliaments and Economic Development in Kuwait and the UAE. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (257 pages)
The Wages of Oil -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Two Models -- 1. Labor Markets and Class Politics -- 2. Participation -- 3. Explaining Kuwaiti Exceptionalism -- 4. The Consequences of Absolutism -- 5. The Consequences of Participation -- 6. What Resource Curse? -- Dilemmas of Development and Democracy in the Gulf -- References -- Index.
Michael Herb provides a robust framework for thinking about the future of the Gulf monarchies by contrasting Kuwait and the UAE.
9780801454691
Democratization -- Kuwait.
Democratization -- United Arab Emirates.
Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- Kuwait.
Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- United Arab Emirates.
Economic development -- Political aspects -- Kuwait.
Economic development -- Political aspects -- United Arab Emirates.
Kuwait -- Politics and government.
Electronic books.
JQ1848.A91
330.95357
The Wages of Oil : Parliaments and Economic Development in Kuwait and the UAE. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (257 pages)
The Wages of Oil -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Two Models -- 1. Labor Markets and Class Politics -- 2. Participation -- 3. Explaining Kuwaiti Exceptionalism -- 4. The Consequences of Absolutism -- 5. The Consequences of Participation -- 6. What Resource Curse? -- Dilemmas of Development and Democracy in the Gulf -- References -- Index.
Michael Herb provides a robust framework for thinking about the future of the Gulf monarchies by contrasting Kuwait and the UAE.
9780801454691
Democratization -- Kuwait.
Democratization -- United Arab Emirates.
Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- Kuwait.
Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- United Arab Emirates.
Economic development -- Political aspects -- Kuwait.
Economic development -- Political aspects -- United Arab Emirates.
Kuwait -- Politics and government.
Electronic books.
JQ1848.A91
330.95357