A political economy of the Middle East / Alan Richards, University of California, Santa Cruz, John Waterbury, University of Beirut, NYU Abu Dhabi, Melani Cammett, Brown University, Ishac Diwan, Harvard University.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Richards, Alan, 1946- author.

Waterbury, John, author.

Cammett, Melani Claire, 1969- author.

Diwan, Ishac, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class--Middle East.

Working class.

Middle East--Economic conditions--1979-.

Middle East.

Economic conditions.

Middle East--Economic policy.

Economic policy.

Middle East--Politics and government--1979-.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xviii pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 503 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm

Edition:

Third edition; Updated 2013 edition.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado : Westview Press, A Member of the Perseus Book Group, [2013]

Contents:

Illustrations; Preface to the Third Edition; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Introduction

2. The Framework of Study

3. Economic Growth and Structural Change

4. The Impact of Demographic Change

5. Human Capital: Health, Education, and Labor Markets

6. Water and Food Security

7. The Emergence of the Public Sector

8. Contradictions of State-Led Growth

9. Re-Mixing Market and State: The Uncertain Career of the "Washington Consensus"

10. Urban Political Economy

11. Political Regimes: As Viewed by Themselves and Others

12. Solidarism and Its Enemies

13. The Military and the State

14. Is Islam the Solution?

15. Regional Economic Integration and Labor Migration

16. Conclusion: The Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings

References; Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780813349282

0813349281

9780813349299

081334929X

OCLC:

857467498