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

Michael Herb · Cornell University Press · 2014

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Book
Author
Michael Herb
Identifier
DOI 10.7591/cornell/9780801453366.001.0001
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2026-09-01

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DisputedThe absence of an empowered parliament allowed the UAE's rulers, unlike Kuwait's, to pursue economic diversification instead of maximising distribution to citizens.