The Wages of Oil : Parliaments and Economic Development in Kuwait and the UAE /

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The contrast between Kuwait and the UAE today illustrates the vastly different possible futures facing the smaller states of the Gulf. Dubai's rulers dream of creating a truly global business center, a megalopolis of many millions attracting immigrants in great waves from near and far. Kuwait,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Herb, Michael (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2015]
Temas:
Democratization > Kuwait.
Democratization > United Arab Emirates.
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects > Kuwait.
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects > United Arab Emirates.
General Economics.
Middle East Studies.
Political Science & Political History.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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

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