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Book Review – The Wages of Oil: Parliaments and Economic Development in Kuwait and the UAE
Perspectives on Politics, Volume 13, Issue 03, September 2015, pp 898-899 Michael Herb is an accomplished scholar of the Gulf Arab states and his new book appeals to the growing academic and policy interest in the sub-region.
Perspectives on Politics, Volume 13, Issue 03, September 2015, pp 898-899
Michael Herb is an accomplished scholar of the Gulf Arab states and his new book appeals to the growing academic and policy interest in the sub-region. Conducting research in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states presents challenges: state surveillance, lack of transparency in government decision-making, including access to basic demographic and economic data, and the cultural aversion to discussing political matters publicly. Herb makes an important move forward in the field by applying both methodological discipline and standard concepts of comparative politics to his cases.
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