Globalization and the Politics of Development in the Middle East (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521737449)

In a new edition of their book on the economic development of the Middle East and North Africa, Clement Henry and Robert Springborg reflect on what has happened to the region's economy since 2001. How have the various countries in the Middle East responded to the challenges of globalization and to the rise of political Islam, and what changes, for better or for worse, have occurred? Utilizing the country categories they applied in the previous book and further elaborating the significance of the structural power of capital and Islamic finance, they demonstrate how over the past decade the monarchies (as exemplified by Jordan, Morocco, and those of the Gulf Cooperation Council) and the conditional democracies (Israel, Turkey, and Lebanon) continue to do better than the military dictatorships or "bullies" (Egypt, Tunisia, and now Iran) and "the bunker states" (Algeria, Iraq, Libya, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen).

Author: Clement Moore Henry, Robert Springborg
ISBN-10: 0521737443
ISBN-13: 9780521737449
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/06/2010
Pages: 382
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 8.96h x 6.40w x 0.97d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2011