Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Tables and Figures ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Note on Transliteration xiii
6. Two Models 1
7. 1. Labor Markets and Class Politics 18
8. 2. Participation 45
9. 3. Explaining Kuwaiti Exceptionalism 60
10. 4. The Consequences of Absolutism 107
11. 5. The Consequences of Participation 141
12. 6. What Resource Curse? 184
13. Dilemmas of Development and Democracy in the Gulf 193
14. References 217
15. Index 235