Development Challenges and Solutions After the Arab Spring
Published on 26. January 2016
XIII, 243 pages
978-1-137-54140-6 (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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Edition
1st ed. 2016
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Reflowable
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XIII, 243 p.
File size
2,13 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-137-54140-6 (9781137541406)
DOI
10.1057/9781137541406
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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
- Cover
- Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction: Arab Development via the Channels of War and Oil
- Part I: Political Economy
- 1 Egypt: Failed Emergence, Conniving Capitalism, Fall of the Muslim Brothers - A Possible Popular Alternative
- 2 The Failure of Arab Macro Policy
- 3 The Unravelling of Arab Autocracy: Socioeconomic Factors in Context
- 4 Transcending Neoliberalism through Pro-Poor and Democratic Economic Development Strategies
- Part II: Macroeconomics
- 5 Monetary Regimes and Socioeconomic Stability: A Missing Link in the 'Arab Spring'?
- 6 Diagnosing Constraints to Industrialisation in the Arab World: A Predatory Perspective
- Part III: The Agrarian Question
- 7 The Arab Uprisings through an Agrarian Lens
- 8 Uprisings without Agrarian Questions
- Part IV: Two Cases of Development under Conflict
- 9 The Political Economy of Palestinian Women's Labour Market Participation
- 10 Investment and Neoliberalism in Syria
- Part V: Closing Comment
- 11 Arab Disintegration and the Right to Development
- Index
