The Wages of Oil : Parliaments and Economic Development in Kuwait and the UAE.
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- computer
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- 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
- 330.95357
- JQ1848.A91
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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