LSE Kuwait Programme annual lecture
Despite recent setbacks, Kuwait's parliament remains the strongest amongst the GCC states. Michael Herb delves into Gulf history to explain why Kuwait's political system differs from those of its neighbours.
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Event details
Speaker: Dr Michael Herb, Georgia State University
Chair: Dr Toby Dodge, LSE
Date: Wednesday 18 March 2015
Time: 18.30-20.00
Location: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
Event Hashtag: #LSEKuwait
Attendance: This event is free and open to all on a first come first served basis. Our events are very well attended, please make sure to arrive early. We cannot guarantee entry.
*A reception will be held after the lecture for all those attending.
Speaker
Michael Herb is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Georgia State University.
Michael Herb’s research interests focus on issues related to the Arab monarchies of the Gulf. He has written on the political consequences of oil wealth, on the relationship between taxation and democracy, and on how monarchism shapes the process of democratization. He maintains the Kuwait Politics Database, the most comprehensive and authoritative source of information on Kuwaiti elections. He is the author of The Wages of Oil: Parliaments and Economic Development in Kuwait and the UAE (Cornell University Press, 2014) and All in the Family: Absolutism, Revolution, and Democracy in the Middle Eastern Monarchies (State University of New York Press, 1999).