Egypt's Agricultural Development, 1800-1980: Technical And Social Change

Richards, Alan

Reference

Routledge

Thirty-six major species of birds of prey, from the eagle to the owl to the awesome falcon, are depicted in more than 160 full-color photographs, accompanied by information on their hunting techniques, growth and development, and maturation.

Birds of Prey: Hunters of the Sky

Science & Math

Nature & Ecology

Courage Books

A Political Economy Of The Middle East: State, Class, And Economic Development

This text presents an analysis of the transformation of the political economy of the nations of the Middle East over the past several decades. Stressing the interrelation of politics and development stategies, including industrialization based on import substitution, agricultural export-led growth and oil rentier development, the authors explain how different strategies have contributed to class formation and to the definition of powerful new interests, not only within governmental structures but also within whole societies that have moved far from thier traditional agricultural base. The authors assess the impact of contending ideologies (socialism, nationalism and religious fundamentalism) on regional development, arguing that military and bureaucratic authoritarians, in transforming their societies and economies, may have created the very forces that will eventually topple them and provide for broader-based political participation. The Middle East has also been swept by war, affected by the oil boom and subjected to large flows of labour migration. Looking at how these regional and international events have affected national development, the authors create a portrait of the region's unique characteristics as well as those traits it shares with the rest of the developing world.

Business & Money

Waterbury, John

Economics

Westview Press

An analysis of the transformation of the political economy of the nations of the Middle East over the past several decades. The authors stress the interrelation of politics and development strategies with regard to class formation and to the definition of powerful new interests.

This integrated, analytic text presents a comprehensive analysis of the transformation of the political economy of the entire contemporary Middle East region over the past several decades. As did the first edition, this new edition, extensively rewritten and revised, stresses how different development strategies have contributed to the creation of powerful interests that now often block needed change. The book also retains its focus on the interaction of economic development processes, state systems, and social actors. The revisions not only include much new data and evidence but also take into account emerging issues, such as youth unemployment, impending water shortages, the experience with structural adjustment, pressures for democratization, and the rise of political Islam. The authors also give special attention to the impact of such recent international events as the collapse of the oil boom, the end of the Cold War, and Operation Desert Storm.

A Political Economy Of The Middle East: Second Edition

A Political Economy Of The Middle East 2E: Second Edition

This integrated, analytic text presents a comprehensive analysis of the transformation of the political economy of development in the contemporary Middle East over the past several decades. Extensively rewritten and revised, the third edition of A Political Economy of the Middle East retains a focus on the interaction of economic development processes, state systems, and social actors even as it also: 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 the Washington Consensus” to provide a more nuanced approach to the issue of the shifting balance of state and market in economic growth and reform (in an entirely rewritten Chapter 9); Presents Islamism as a vital force in the region that is nonetheless a vast, diverse social movement with many conflicting participants (in a wholly revised Chapter 14).

A Political Economy of the Middle East

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 impact of the Arab Spring and subsequent events to the issues raised throughout the textbook 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 the Washington Consensus” 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.

A Political Economy of the Middle East: Third Edition, UPDATED 2013 EDITION

Political Economy of the Middle East

Cammett, Melani

Diwan, Ishac

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