Economic and political liberalization in the Middle East
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Economic and political liberalization in the Middle East
British Academic, 1993
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Bibliography: p. 278-293
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Liberalization - social, political, and economic - is not an exclusively Western concept, but it has deep roots in Western culture and it has flourished in recent years, particularly since the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. But do the policies of economic liberalization, free market capitalism, and structural adjustment now being advocated by the IMF and the World Bank really provide the solution to the acute economic problems facing developing countries today? Or will they actually create greater poverty, leading to social, economic and political breakdown? This wide-ranging survey relates these crucial questions to the countries of the Middle East, and includes case-studies of Egypt, Tunisia, Israel, Oman and Yemen.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Themes and issues: from economic liberalization to international integration - the role of the state
- the origins of liberal institutioons in the ancient Middle East
- the links between economic and political liberalization
- international and domestic factors in the economic liberalization process in Arab countries
- austerity protests in response to economic liberalization in the Middle East
- the practical record and prospects of privatization programmes in the Arab world
- foreign investment and economic liberalization in the Middle East. Part 2 Case studies: Egypt
- Tunisia
- Syria
- economic liberalization and the "suq" in Syria
- Iran
- Israel
- Oman and Yemen.
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