Rebuilding Devastated Economies in the Middle East
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Springer
Published: October 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780230600171
Subjects: Development economics; Development studies; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Development - Economic Development; Development - Sustainable Development; Political Science / Economic Conditions; 21st century; Africa, North; Economic Conditions; Middle East; Politics and government
Description: "This book is concerned with the political and economic obstacles encountered by states in the Middle East seeking to rebuild their national economies after their devastation by violent upheaval, or invasion. Economic devastation is at once the cause and the consequence of partial or total state failure. But, given the type of regime which is likely to seize power under such conditions, it is doubtful that the rulers will defer to the logic of economic growth at the cost of diminishing their own power. The resultant political dilemma is the most challenging obstacle to the rebuilding of devastated economies in the Middle East."--Jacket.