The Arab Spring in the Global Political Economy [electronic resource] /
Talani, L.author.
Although it is still early for an established academic account of the motivations behind the dramatic events in the Arab world in 2010/11, Leila Simona Talani believes that it is about time to try and place this issue into the broader picture of the latest changes in the global political economy.
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Introduction; The events of the Arab Spring; The academic rationale: a qualitative definition of globalisation and its impact on the MENA region; The structure of the book; Notes; References; 1 The Chinese Butterfly and the Arab Spring: Bread and Globalisation; Bread and the Arab Spring; What is globalisation?; Does globalisation exist?; What are the consequences of globalisation?; Can globalisation be governed?; Conclusion: the three paradoxes of globalisation; Notes; References
2 The Paradox of Regionalisation within Globalisation: Some Theoretical ConcernsGlobalisation and regionalisation; Realism: the enduring hegemony of the state within the 'triad'; Liberal-institutionalism: regionalism as a step towards cosmopolitanism; Transnationalism: the regional dimension of the global restructuring of production; How does regionalisation take place? The mechanisms of integration in the IPE theoretical debate; Mainstream theories of regional integration; Intergovernmentalist explanations; Neo-functionalist explanations; Critical approaches to regional economic integration
Neo-Gramscian approaches: a transnational historical materialist theory of regional integrationNeo-Marxist interpretations of regionalisation; Neo-constructivism as a critical approach to regional integration; Conclusion; Notes; References; 3 The Paradox of Marginalisation: Globalisation, Marginalisation and Civil Society in the MENA Area; Introduction; Technological marginalisation; Civil society, social capital and marginalisation; Islam and civil society; Annex 1 Core indicators on ICT infrastructure and access
Annex 2 Core indicators on access to, and use of, ICT by households and individualsAnnex 3 Use of ICT by businesses; Annex 4 The ICT sector and trade in ICT goods; Notes; References; 4 The Economic Marginalisation and Lack of Regionalisation of the MENA Area; Introduction; The institutional dimension of economic (dis)integration in the MENA region; The lack of economic integration in the MENA region; Investment and trade flows; Inter-Arab aid capital flows; Conclusion; Notes; References; 5 Tunisia: At the Roots of the Arab Spring: Economic Restructuring without Integration
Introduction: it's the economy, stupid!The restructuring of the Tunisian economy; The integration of Tunisia into the global political economy; Marginalisation and extra regional migration: the case of Tunisia; Conclusion; Notes; References; 6 Egypt: From Liberalisation to Marginalisation; Introduction; The mother of all liberalisations!; The marginalisation of Egypt; Macroeconomic indicators of marginalisation; Other indicators of marginalisation: extra-regional migration and brain drain; Conclusion; Notes; References; 7 Libya: The Political Economy of Isolation; Introduction
The economic experiment of Ghadhafi
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Although it is still early for an established academic account of the motivations behind the dramatic events in the Arab world in 2010/11, Leila Simona Talani believes that it is about time to try and place this issue into the broader picture of the latest changes in the global political economy.
Political economy.
Economic policy.
International relations.
International economics.
Development economics.
Globalization.
International Political Economy.
Economic Policy.
International Relations.
International Economics.
Development Economics.
Globalization.