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The wages of oil : Parliaments and economic development in Kuwait and the UAE /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Herb, Michael, 1966- (Author)
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Democratization > Kuwait.
Democratization > United Arab Emirates.
Kuwait > Politics and government.
United Arab Emirates > Politics and government.
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.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Labor markets and class politics
  • Participation
  • Explaining Kuwaiti exceptionalism
  • The consequences of absolutism
  • The consequences of participation
  • What resource curse?
  • Conclusion : dilemmas of development and democracy in the Gulf.