Globalization and the Politics of Development in the Middle EastCambridge University Press, 13 set 2001 - 258 pagine At the beginning of the twenty-first century countries in the Middle East and North Africa contend with the threats and opportunities of economic globalization, the driving force of change in the contemporary world. As the authors confirm in their straightforward and, at times, irreverent analysis of the regions' response to these challenges, it is globalization which is the key to an understanding of economic reform. Through an investigation of the structures of state and civil society, including financial systems, they also demonstrate that there is a direct correlation between economic performance and democratization. In other words, the more liberal the polity, the more effective is its economy in responding to globalization. With its interesting and incisive approach to the politics and economics of the Middle East and North Africa, this will be an essential purchase for students and policy-makers and anyone trying to come to grips with economic globalization generally. |
Sommario
Overview | 1 |
The challenges of globalization | 30 |
Political capacities and capitalist legacies | 62 |
Bunker states | 99 |
Bully praetorian states | 134 |
Globalizing monarchies | 168 |
Fragmented democracies | 194 |
Conclusion | 223 |
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Parole e frasi comuni
Algeria allocation autonomy Bahrain billion Boumédienne bully bunker capacities capitalist legacies central bank civil society coalition colonial dialectic commercial banking system companies competitive country's crony capitalism decade deficits democracies despite domestic economic reform Egypt Egyptian elite enterprises European exports external foreign direct investment French German model globalization governmental Gulf Hidouci industry inflation institutions investors Iran Iraq Islamic banks Islamist Israel Jordan Kuwait labor Lebanon less Libya major MENA countries MENA's ment Middle East military minister Ministry monarchies Moroccan Morocco official oil prices oil revenues Palestinian parties percent of GDP political economy portfolio praetorian republics private capital private sector public sector banks Qatar rates regimes relatively rents rule Saudi Arabia share social forces stock markets strategic structural adjustment structural power Sudan Syria taxes tion trade transparency Tunisia Turkey United Arab Emirates Washington Consensus World Bank World Development Indicators Yemen
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