The Wages of Oil: Parliaments and Economic Development in Kuwait and the UAE
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| Rating | : | 4.28 (908 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0801453364 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is the author of All in the Family: Absolutism, Revolution, and Democracy in the Middle Eastern Monarchies.. Michael Herb is Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University
He compares Kuwait with the United Arab Emirates, which lacks Kuwait's parliament but has moved ambitiously to diversify.This data-rich book reflects the importance of both politics and economic development issues for decision-makers in the Gulf. Kuwait, meanwhile, has the most spirited and influential parliament in any of the oil-rich Gulf monarchies.In The Wages of Oil, Michael Herb provides a robust framework for thinking about the future of the Gulf monarchies. He starts by asking why Kuwait is far ahead of all other Gulf monarchies in terms of political liberalization, but behind all of them in its efforts to diversify its economy away from oil. Herb develops a political economy of the Gulf that ties together a variety of issues usually treated separately: Kuwait's National Assembly, Dubai's real estate boom, the paucity of citizen labor in the private sector, class divisions among citizens, the caste divide between citizens and noncitizens, and the politics of land.. Dubai's rulers dream of creating a truly global busi
"Rich and Unique" according to talal. The book provides s unique view of Kuwaiti. The discussion goes beyond superficial description that existed in many books. it provides deep and rich investigation of the reasons behind the current status. Another quality of the book is its inclusion of almost all relevant literature and scholars and contextualize their contributions in sophisticated manner.I really enjoyed the book and consider it one of the best that I read in such subject. I highly recommend to anyone in. "An Important Contribution to the Literature on the Cost of Oil" according to Daniel Franklin. This is an outstanding discussion of the damages caused to democratic rule in the rentier state.
Yet the book is lively and engaging and Herb has taken a potentially dreary subject and produced an intriguing book accessible to all."Charles Fraker,Middle East Policy Council(vol. Michael Herb's argument about the international factors affecting Kuwaiti 'exceptionalism’ has not been made as clearly anywhere else."F. This is one of the best available books on the political economy of the Gulf states."Marc Lynch, The George Washington University, editor of The Arab Uprisings Explained: New Contentious Politics in the Middle East. Michael Herb's comparison of Kuwait and the UAE, and extension to the other GCC states, challenges dominant theories of rentier politics by digging into the precise mechanisms by which the introduction of vast oil wealth shaped national institutions. 23, no. Herb shows convincingly that oil mattered differently in diverse national contexts. As usual,