Michael Herb
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1120138 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Michael Herb |
| PRENOMES | Michael |
| SOBRENOME | Herb |
| ASSINATURA | HERB M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Georgia State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6847-7057 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 183 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1996 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Steal, spend or hoard? Explaining authoritarian distribution in Kuwait in the 1940s and 1950s
When Kuwait received its first oil export revenues in 1946, its regime expeditiously built a comprehensive welfare state. Not all authoritarian regimes are as generous, and a recent literature has emerged that seeks to explain when and why authoritarian regimes distribute their revenues. For the most part, the existing literature, on Kuwait and authoritarian regimes generally, focuses on conflicts between the regime and groups in society. I argue…
Karamet Watan
This article seeks to explain the failure of the 2012–14 Kuwaiti reform movement Karamet Watan. We compare Karamet Watan with two previous reform movements in Kuwait: Nabiha Khamsa in 2006 and Irhal in 2011. All three movements were nonviolent, which Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan have shown to be associated with the success of reform movements. We argue that Karamet Watan differed from the earlier movements in its choice of goals; its choice …
The Wages of Oil
The contrast between Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates 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, meanwhile, has the most spirited and influential parliament in any of the oil-rich Gulf monarchies. This book provides a robust framework …
Politics and Society in the Contemporary Middle East
This cutting-edge, and at the same time lively and accessible, examination of the domestic politics of the Middle East has been carefully designed to meet the needs of the university classroom. Eight thematic chapters introduce the subject and explore the region-wide dynamics of governments and oppositions, international politics, political economy, civil society, religion and politics, identity politics, and gender and family issues. These theme…
Politics and Society in the Contemporary Middle East
A cutting-edge, yet lively and accessible, examination of the domestic politics of the contemporary Middle East
A Nation of Bureaucrats
Not long ago, two safe generalizations could be made about the Gulf monarchies: ruling families dominated their politics, and oil dominated their economies. In recent years that has begun to change. In Kuwait the parliament challenges the political predominance of the ruling family. Meanwhile, Dubai and, increasingly, the other emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have made real progress in diversifying their economies away from oil—at leas…
Authoritarianism in the Middle East
Introduction: The Deficit in Comparative Perspective - M.P. Posusney. The Reins Of Power. Authoritarianism in the Middle East: Coercive Institutions and Coercive Leaders - E. Bellin. Political Crisis and Restabilization: Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Tunisia - J. Brownlee. Elite Fragmentation in Iran: Contestation Without Democracy - A. Keshavarzian. Challenges To Authoritarian Rule. Multiparty Elections in Six Arab Nations - M.P. Posusney. Party Syste…
No Representation without Taxation? Rents, Development, and Democracy
Natural resource windfalls would seem to be a boon for poor countries. They reduce burden of taxation, create a middle class, and pay for social services. In view of most scholars, however, natural resource bounties are more a curse than a bless ing. Studies of rentier states argue that democracy is unlikely or even impossible without taxation, which had a crucial role in emergence of representation and democracy in European history. Skeptics, ho…
Princes and Parliaments in the Arab World
Several Arab monarchies have held reasonably free elections to parliaments, though all remain authoritarian. This article compares the Arab monarchies with parliaments in other parts of the world, including both those that became democracies, and those that did not. From this I derive a set of prerequisites, potential pitfalls, and expected stages in the monarchical path toward democracy. This helps us to understand not only the democratic potent…
Taxation and representation
Democratization in the Arab World? Emirs and Parliaments in the Gulf
Talk of democracy in the states of the Persian Gulf often inspires skepticism. There is, first and foremost, the anxiety that even modest moves toward democracy will lead to their Talibanization. But fears that an Islamist takeover will result from a partial transition are exaggerated. As much as the sad experience of Algeria shows the very real dangers of ill-considered attempts at democratization, it is unlikely in the extreme that an Algerian …
Low Tide after the Third Wave
All in the Family
Bildatlas zum Sport im alten Ägypten
No Representation without Taxation? Rents, Development, and Democracy
Natural resource windfalls would seem to be a boon for poor countries. They reduce burden of taxation, create a middle class, and pay for social services. In view of most scholars, however, natural resource bounties are more a curse than a bless ing. Studies of rentier states argue that democracy is unlikely or even impossible without taxation, which had a crucial role in emergence of representation and democracy in European history. Skeptics, ho…
A Nation of Bureaucrats
Not long ago, two safe generalizations could be made about the Gulf monarchies: ruling families dominated their politics, and oil dominated their economies. In recent years that has begun to change. In Kuwait the parliament challenges the political predominance of the ruling family. Meanwhile, Dubai and, increasingly, the other emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have made real progress in diversifying their economies away from oil—at leas…
Princes and Parliaments in the Arab World
Several Arab monarchies have held reasonably free elections to parliaments, though all remain authoritarian. This article compares the Arab monarchies with parliaments in other parts of the world, including both those that became democracies, and those that did not. From this I derive a set of prerequisites, potential pitfalls, and expected stages in the monarchical path toward democracy. This helps us to understand not only the democratic potent…
Low Tide after the Third Wave
Democratization in the Arab World? Emirs and Parliaments in the Gulf
Talk of democracy in the states of the Persian Gulf often inspires skepticism. There is, first and foremost, the anxiety that even modest moves toward democracy will lead to their Talibanization. But fears that an Islamist takeover will result from a partial transition are exaggerated. As much as the sad experience of Algeria shows the very real dangers of ill-considered attempts at democratization, it is unlikely in the extreme that an Algerian …
Taxation and representation
All in the Family
Bildatlas zum Sport im alten Ägypten
All in the Family
Democratization in the Arab World? Emirs and Parliaments in the Gulf
Talk of democracy in the states of the Persian Gulf often inspires skepticism. There is, first and foremost, the anxiety that even modest moves toward democracy will lead to their Talibanization. But fears that an Islamist takeover will result from a partial transition are exaggerated. As much as the sad experience of Algeria shows the very real dangers of ill-considered attempts at democratization, it is unlikely in the extreme that an Algerian …
Low Tide after the Third Wave
Taxation and representation
Princes and Parliaments in the Arab World
Several Arab monarchies have held reasonably free elections to parliaments, though all remain authoritarian. This article compares the Arab monarchies with parliaments in other parts of the world, including both those that became democracies, and those that did not. From this I derive a set of prerequisites, potential pitfalls, and expected stages in the monarchical path toward democracy. This helps us to understand not only the democratic potent…
Authoritarianism in the Middle East
Introduction: The Deficit in Comparative Perspective - M.P. Posusney. The Reins Of Power. Authoritarianism in the Middle East: Coercive Institutions and Coercive Leaders - E. Bellin. Political Crisis and Restabilization: Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Tunisia - J. Brownlee. Elite Fragmentation in Iran: Contestation Without Democracy - A. Keshavarzian. Challenges To Authoritarian Rule. Multiparty Elections in Six Arab Nations - M.P. Posusney. Party Syste…
No Representation without Taxation? Rents, Development, and Democracy
Natural resource windfalls would seem to be a boon for poor countries. They reduce burden of taxation, create a middle class, and pay for social services. In view of most scholars, however, natural resource bounties are more a curse than a bless ing. Studies of rentier states argue that democracy is unlikely or even impossible without taxation, which had a crucial role in emergence of representation and democracy in European history. Skeptics, ho…
A Nation of Bureaucrats
Not long ago, two safe generalizations could be made about the Gulf monarchies: ruling families dominated their politics, and oil dominated their economies. In recent years that has begun to change. In Kuwait the parliament challenges the political predominance of the ruling family. Meanwhile, Dubai and, increasingly, the other emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have made real progress in diversifying their economies away from oil—at leas…
Politics and Society in the Contemporary Middle East
A cutting-edge, yet lively and accessible, examination of the domestic politics of the contemporary Middle East
Politics and Society in the Contemporary Middle East
This cutting-edge, and at the same time lively and accessible, examination of the domestic politics of the Middle East has been carefully designed to meet the needs of the university classroom. Eight thematic chapters introduce the subject and explore the region-wide dynamics of governments and oppositions, international politics, political economy, civil society, religion and politics, identity politics, and gender and family issues. These theme…
The Wages of Oil
The contrast between Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates 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, meanwhile, has the most spirited and influential parliament in any of the oil-rich Gulf monarchies. This book provides a robust framework …
Karamet Watan
This article seeks to explain the failure of the 2012–14 Kuwaiti reform movement Karamet Watan. We compare Karamet Watan with two previous reform movements in Kuwait: Nabiha Khamsa in 2006 and Irhal in 2011. All three movements were nonviolent, which Erica Chenoweth and Maria Stephan have shown to be associated with the success of reform movements. We argue that Karamet Watan differed from the earlier movements in its choice of goals; its choice …
Steal, spend or hoard? Explaining authoritarian distribution in Kuwait in the 1940s and 1950s
When Kuwait received its first oil export revenues in 1946, its regime expeditiously built a comprehensive welfare state. Not all authoritarian regimes are as generous, and a recent literature has emerged that seeks to explain when and why authoritarian regimes distribute their revenues. For the most part, the existing literature, on Kuwait and authoritarian regimes generally, focuses on conflicts between the regime and groups in society. I argue…
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