Forces of fortune
Subtitle: the rise of the new Muslin middle class and what it will mean for our world
By: Vali Nasr.
Publisher: Free Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781416589686
Subjects: Islam and politics -- Middle East; Capitalists and financiers -- Middle East; Capitalists and financiers -- Islamic countries; Capitalism -- Middle East; Capitalism -- Islamic countries; Middle East -- Politics and government -- 1979-
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The promise of commerce; title: The world according to Dubai; title: Iran's predicament; title: The tragic failures of secularism; title: The great Islamic revolution; title: The true course of fundamentalism; title: Modernity Muslim style; title: Pakistan's horror and hope; title: The Turkish model.