A Political Economy of the Middle East: Third Edition, UPDATED 2013 EDITION

A Political Economy of the Middle East: Third Edition, UPDATED 2013 EDITION image
ISBN-10:

0813349281

ISBN-13:

9780813349282

Author(s): Richards, Alan
Edition: 3
Released: Aug 06, 2013
Publisher: Routledge
Format: Paperback, 528 pages
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Description:

This integrated, analytic text presents a comprehensive analysis transformation and development of the political economy in the Middle East over the past several decades. In this updated third edition of A Political Economy of the Middle East, the book retains its focus on the interaction of economic development processes, state systems, and social actors even as it also:

Explores the impact of the Arab Spring and subsequent events to the issues raised throughout the textbook in a wholly new chapter;
Documents the many changes in demography, education, labor markets, urbanization, water and agriculture, and international labor migration in the Middle East in recent years;
Considers the effect of rising oil prices on reinforcement of authoritarian governance in the region;
Refines its assessment of the Washington Consensus” to provide a more nuanced approach to the issue of the shifting balance of state and market in economic growth and reform;
Presents Islamism as a vital force in the region that is nonetheless a vast, diverse social movement with many conflicting participants.












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