A political economy of the Middle East : state, class, and economic development
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A political economy of the Middle East : state, class, and economic development
Westview Press, 1990
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Bibliography: p. 441-467
Includes index
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ISBN 9780813301556
Description
This text presents an analysis of the transformation of the political economy of the nations of the Middle East over the past several decades. Stressing the interrelation of politics and development stategies, including industrialization based on import substitution, agricultural export-led growth and oil rentier development, the authors explain how different strategies have contributed to class formation and to the definition of powerful new interests, not only within governmental structures but also within whole societies that have moved far from thier traditional agricultural base. The authors assess the impact of contending ideologies (socialism, nationalism and religious fundamentalism) on regional development, arguing that military and bureaucratic authoritarians, in transforming their societies and economies, may have created the very forces that will eventually topple them and provide for broader-based political participation. The Middle East has also been swept by war, affected by the oil boom and subjected to large flows of labour migration.
Looking at how these regional and international events have affected national development, the authors create a portrait of the region's unique characteristics as well as those traits it shares with the rest of the developing world.
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: pbk ISBN 9780813301563
Description
This text presents an analysis of the transformation of the political economy of the nations of the Middle East over the past several decades. Stressing the interrelation of politics and development stategies, including industrialization based on import substitution, agricultural export-led growth and oil rentier development, the authors explain how different strategies have contributed to class formation and to the definition of powerful new interests, not only within governmental structures but also within whole societies that have moved far from thier traditional agricultural base. The authors assess the impact of contending ideologies (socialism, nationalism and religious fundamentalism) on regional development, arguing that military and bureaucratic authoritarians, in transforming their societies and economies, may have created the very forces that will eventually topple them and provide for broader-based political participation. The Middle East has also been swept by war, affected by the oil boom and subjected to large flows of labour migration.
Looking at how these regional and international events have affected national development, the authors create a portrait of the region's unique characteristics as well as those traits it shares with the rest of the developing world.
Table of Contents
- The framework of the study
- overview of economic growth and structural change
- the impact of rapid population growth
- human capital health and education
- agriculture and food security
- the emergence of the public sector
- contradictions of state-led growth
- the emergence of Infitah
- urban political economy
- political regimes - as they are and as they view themselves
- solidarism and its enemies
- the military and the state
- labour migration, regionalism, and the future of the oil economies
- class interests and the state.
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