Development Challenges and Solutions After the Arab Spring [electronic resource] /
Kadri, Ali.editor.
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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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
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Political economy.
Economic policy.
Middle East-Politics and government.
Development economics.
International relations.
International Political Economy.
Economic Policy.
Middle Eastern Politics.
Development Economics.
International Relations.