A political economy of the Middle East
By: Alan Richards, University of California, Santa Cruz, John Waterbury, University of Beirut, NYU Abu Dhabi, Melani Cammett, Brown University, Ishac Diwan, Harvard University
Contributors: Waterbury, John
Edition: Third edition, updated 2013 edition.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 503
ISBN-13: 9780813349282; 9780813349299
Subjects: Economic conditions; Economic policy; Working class; Politics and government
Description: "This integrated, analytic text presents a comprehensive analysis transformation and development of the political economy in the Middle East over the past several decades. In this updated third edition of A Political Economy of the Middle East, the book retains its focus on the interaction of economic development processes, state systems, and social actors even as it also: * Explores the impacts of the Arab Spring and subsequent events in the region in a wholly new chapter; *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 {́OCLCbr#80}{OCLCbr#9C}the Washington Consensus{́OCLCbr#80}? 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."--Page [4] of cover.

A landmark analysis of the ongoing socioeconomic transformations of the Middle East, now with an epilogue on the Arab Spring.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-476) and index.