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The wages of oil : Parliaments and economic development in Kuwait and the UAE / Michael Herb.
Van Pelt Library JQ1848.A91 H47 2014
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- 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
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