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
Autor principal: Herb, Michael, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Erdölwirtschaft
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Demokratie
Politics and government.
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects.
Economic development > Political aspects.
Democratization.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Economy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
Developpement economique > Aspect politique > Émirats arabes unis.
Developpement economique > Aspect politique > Koweït.
Petrole > Industrie et commerce > Aspect politique > Émirats arabes unis.
Petrole > Industrie et commerce > Aspect politique > Koweït.
Democratisation > Émirats arabes unis.
Democratisation > Koweït.
Economic development > Political aspects > United Arab Emirates.
Economic development > Political aspects > Kuwait.
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects > United Arab Emirates.
Petroleum industry and trade > Political aspects > Kuwait.
Democratization > United Arab Emirates.
Democratization > Kuwait.
Golfstaaten
United Arab Emirates.
Kuwait.
Émirats arabes unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United Arab Emirates > Politics and government.
Kuwait > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Labor markets and class politics
  • Participation
  • Explaining Kuwaiti exceptionalism
  • The consequences of absolutism
  • The consequences of participation
  • What resource curse?
  • Dilemmas of development and democracy in the Gulf.

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