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

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Herb, Michael, 1966- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Democratization--Kuwait.
• Democratization--United Arab Emirates.
• Economic development--Political aspects.
• Petroleum industry and trade--Political aspects.
• Democratization.
• Kuwait--Politics and government.
• Kuwait.
• Politics and government.
• United Arab Emirates--Politics and government.
• 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.

Physical Description:

xii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

• 9780801453366
• 0801453364

OCLC:

879583377