Herb, Michael. <br/><br/>
The Wages of Oil :  Parliaments and Economic Development in Kuwait and the UAE. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (257 pages) 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> Michael Herb provides a robust framework for thinking about the future of the Gulf monarchies by contrasting Kuwait and the UAE. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801454691 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Democratization -- Kuwait.<br/>Democratization -- United Arab Emirates.<br/>Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- Kuwait.<br/>Petroleum industry and trade -- Political aspects -- United Arab Emirates.<br/>Economic development -- Political aspects -- Kuwait.<br/>Economic development -- Political aspects -- United Arab Emirates.<br/>Kuwait -- Politics and government.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JQ1848.A91 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330.95357