Kuwait : social change in historical perspective / Jacqueline S. Ismael.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-196) and index.

PART I. Pre-Oil Kuwait : 1. The Origins and Structural Development of Kuwait ; The Bedouin Basis of Social Structure , The Structural Basis of Kuwaiti Settlement , The Changing Balance of Power: 1762-1896 - 2. British Gulf Policy and Kuwait in the Nineteenth Century ; Britain in the Arab Gulf , Britain and Kuwait - 3. The Underdevelopment of Kuwait : Kuwait Under Mubarak , Kuwait Between Two World Wars -- PART II. Post-Oil Kuwait : 4 The New Integration : The Continuity of Dependency ; The Changing Structure of Autocracy , The Changing Structure of Peripheral Integration , Oil and the Capital Surplus Economy , Dependency and Class in the Capital Surplus Society - 5. The Transformation of Kuwait ; The Economic Transformation , The Transformation of Labor , The Demographic Transformation - 6. The Politics of Stratification: Social Change and Social Contrel 129 in the Welfare State ; The Politics of Stratification in the Welfare State , The Rationalization of Social Control: Planning - 7. Conclusion ; Dependency in the Post-Oil Era , Dependency Theory in Retrospect -- APPENDIX : 1. The Law of Divers APPENDIX - 2. Councils of Ministers of Kuwait, 1962 to 1981.