Development Challenges and Solutions After the Arab Spring
Published on 20. October 2015
Book
Hardback
XIII, 243 pages
978-1-137-54139-0 (ISBN)
Description
Since the events of 2011, most Arab countries have slipped into a state of war, and living conditions for the majority of the working population have not changed for the better. This edited collection examines the socioeconomic conditions and contests the received policy framework to demonstrate that workable alternatives do exist.
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Series
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XIII, 243 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
445 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-54139-0 (9781137541390)
DOI
10.1057/9781137541406
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Person
Samir Amin, Third World Forum.
Samia Botmeh, Birzeit University, Palestine.
Ray Bush, University of Leeds, UK.
Shaun Ferguson, United Nations Conference and Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
Samir Makdisi, American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon.
Linda Matar,National University of Singapore.
Fadle Mustafa Naqib, University of Waterloo, Canada.
Alfredo Saad-Filho, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), UK.
Yasuhisa Yamamoto, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (UN-ESCWA).
Rami Zurayk, American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon.
Content
Introduction: Arab Development via the Channels of War and Oil; A. Kadri PART I: POLITICAL ECONOMY 1. Egypt: Failed Emergence, Conniving Capitalism, Fall of the Muslim Brothers, A Possible Popular Alternative; Samir Amin 2. The Failure of Arab Macro Policy; Fadle Naqib 3. The Unravelling of Arab Autocracy: Socio-Economic Factors in Context; Samir Makdisi 4. Transcending Neoliberalism through Pro-Poor and Democratic Economic Development Strategies; Alfredo Saad Filho PART II: MACROECONOMICS 5. Monetary Regimes and Socioeconomic Stability: A Missing Link in the 'Arab Spring'?; Yasuhisa Yamamoto 6. Diagnosing Constraints to Industrialisation in the Middle East, a Predatory Perspective; Shaun Ferguson PART III: THE AGRARIAN QUESTION: 7. The Arab Uprisings through an Agrarian Lens; Rami Zurayk 8. Uprisings without Agrarian Questions; Ray Bush PART IV: TWO CASES OF DEVELOPMENT UNDER CONFLICT 9. The Political Economy of Palestinian Women's Labour Market Participation; Samia Al-Botmeh 10. Investment and Neoliberalism in Syria; Linda Matar and Ali Kadri PART V: CLOSING COMMENT 11. Arab Disintegration and the Right to Development; Ali Kadri