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05832cam a2200565 a 4500 001 8BFB93246BF211DEA13FF332A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20090730151526 008 061107s2008 couab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2006037317 020 $a 0813343488 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780813343488 (pbk. : alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d BAKER $d BTCTA $d UKM $d YDXCP $d BWX $d OCLCG $d IAK $d NSB $d NLGGC $d MUQ $d IOK $d SILO 043 $a aw----- 050 00 $a HC415.15 $b .R53 2008 082 00 $a 338.956 $2 22 084 $a 83.30 $2 bcl 100 1 $a Richards, Alan, $d 1946- 245 1 $a A political economy of the Middle East / $c Alan Richards, John Waterbury. 250 $a 3rd ed. 260 $a Boulder, Colo. : $b Westview Press, $c c2008. 300 $a xviii, 474 p. : $b ill., map ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 415-450) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- The framework of the study. Economic growth and structural transformation ; State structure and development policy ; Social actors ; Structural transformation and interest formation ; Defensive modernization and colonial transformation -- Economic growth and structural change. The natural resource base ; Oil supply, demand, and economic rents ; Patterns of economic growth -- The impact of demographic change. Comparative demographic patterns ; The economic consequences of demographic change ; The politics of young populations ; The politics of differential fertility ; Rapid population growth and the would-be middle class -- Human capital: health, education, and labor markets. Health conditions ; Educational systems ; Labor markets -- Water and food security. The food gap ; Policy constraints to output growth ; Water and the imperative of a new food security strategy -- The emergence of the public sector. The State as architect of structural transformation ; AtatuÌrk and the Turkish paradigm ; Replicating the paradigm ; State capitalism, the state bourgeoisie, and the process of accumulation -- Contradictions of state-led growth. The continued dominance of public-sector enterprise ; The political economy of "structural adjustment" -- 505 8 $a Remixing market and state: the uncertain career of the "Washington consensus" ; A survey of country experiences -- Urban political economy. The process of urbanization ; Housing and infrastructure ; Poverty and distribution of income ; Urban politics and political violence -- Political regimes: as viewed by themselves and others. Socialist republics ; "Liberal" monarchies ; Established and would-be democracies ; The Islamic republics ; Future regimes: some speculations -- Solidarism and its enemies. Small groups and clientelist politics ; The failure of parties ; The tenets of solidarism ; The failure of ideology ; The Islamist challenge ; Democracy without democrats? -- The military and the state. The military in Middle East politics ; Good guys or bad guys? ; The economic weight of the military ; The military and nation building ; The regular military and civilians-in-arms -- Is Islam the solution? Preliminaries ; Islamism as a social movement: coalitions of social actors ; Islamism as a social movement: collective action ; Islamist economic thought and practice ; Islamists in power -- Regional economic integration and labor migration. Labor migration: an overview ; The first stream: to the European Union ; The second stream: to the gulf ; The impact of labor migration on sending countries ; The impact of migration on receiving countries -- Conclusion. 520 $a This integrated, analytic text presents a comprehensive analysis of the transformation of the political economy of development in the contemporary Middle East over the past several decades. Extensively rewritten and revised, this third edition retains a focus on the interaction of economic development processes, state systems, and social actors even as it also: 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. 651 0 $a Middle East $x Economic conditions $y 1979- 651 0 $a Middle East $x Economic policy. 650 0 $a Working class $z Middle East. 651 0 $a Middle East $x Politics and government $y 1979- 650 17 $a Sociaal-economische situatie. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Economische politiek. $2 gtt 650 17 $a Politieke situatie. $2 gtt 651 7 $a Midden-Oosten. $2 gtt 650 6 $a Travailleurs $z Moyen-Orient. 651 6 $a Moyen-Orient $x Conditions eÌconomiques $y 1979- 651 6 $a Moyen-Orient $x Politique eÌconomique. 651 6 $a Moyen-Orient $x Politique et gouvernement $y 1979- 700 1 $a Waterbury, John. 856 42 $z Additional Information at Google Books $u http://books.google.com/books?isbn=9780813343488 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0830/2006037317-b.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0830/2006037317-d.html 941 $a 5 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214044033.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180106035351.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090708133753.0 952 $l SOAX911 $d 20090708133753.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8BFB93246BF211DEA13FF332A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOKInitiate Another SILO Locator Search