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Author Richards, Alan, 1946- author.

Title A political economy of the Middle East / Alan Richards, University of California, Santa Cruz, John Waterbury, University of Beirut, NYU Abu Dhabi, Melani Cammett, Brown University, Ishac Diwan, Harvard University.

Publication Info. Boulder, CO : Westview Press, [2014]
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Edition Third edition; updated 2013 edition.
Description 1 online resource (xviii, 503 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- The framework of the study -- Economic growth and structural change -- The impact of demographic change -- Human capital : health, education, and labor markets -- Water and food security -- The emergence of the public sector -- Contradictions of state-led growth -- Re-mixing market and state : the uncertain career of the "Washington Consensus" -- Urban political economy -- Political regimes : as viewed by themselves and others -- Solidarism and its enemies -- The military and the state -- Is Islam the solution? -- Regional economic integration and labor migration -- Conclusion: The political economy of the Arab uprisings.
Note Online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed on Feb. 19, 2014).
Subject Middle East -- Economic conditions -- 1979-
Middle East -- Economic policy.
Working class -- Middle East.
Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1979-
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
Economic history. (OCoLC)fst00901974
Economic policy. (OCoLC)fst00902025
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Working class. (OCoLC)fst01180418
Middle East. (OCoLC)fst01241586
Chronological Term Since 1979
Added Author Waterbury, John, author.
Cammett, Melani Claire, 1969- author.
Diwan, Ishac, author.
Other Form: Print version: Richards, Alan, 1946- Political economy of the Middle East. Third edition; updated 2013 edition 9780813349282 (OCoLC)830371108
ISBN 9780813349299 (updated 2013 edition electronic bk.)
081334929X (updated 2013 edition electronic bk.)
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