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050 00 $aJQ1850.A91$bS239 2014
082 00 $a338.900917/4927$223
084 $aBUS068000$aBUS072000$aBUS099000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aSalih, Mohamed Abdel Rahim M.$q(Mohamed Abdel Rahim Mohamed)
245 10 $aEconomic development and political action in the Arab world /$cM.A. Mohamed Salih.
264 1 $aLondon ;$aNew York, NY :$bRoutledge,$c2014.
300 $axi, 214 pages ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 0 $aRoutledge explorations in development studies
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 184-206) and index.
520 $a"Analysis of North African revolt against authoritarianism, known as the 'Arab Spring', embraced reductionist explanations such as the social media, youth unemployment and citizens' agitations to regain dignity in societies humiliated by oppressive regimes. This book illustrates that reductionist approaches can only elucidate some symptoms of a social problem while leaving unexplained the economic and political structures which contributed to it. One outcome of quiescence, resource-based ethnic and sectarian conflicts and faulty development paradigm is deepened inequality and a wedge between winners and losers or affluence, wealth and power vis-à-vis poverty and hunger among humiliated jobless and hope-less masses. The book blends theories of development and transition to explain the complex factors which contributed to North Africans' revolt against authoritarianism and its long-term consequences for political development in the Arab World. This timely book is of great interest to researchers and students in Development Studies, Economics and Middle Eastern Studies as well as policy makers and democracy, human rights and social justice activists in the Arab world"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 0 $aAn alchemy of economic and political action -- State-building and state-society relations -- Elements of resource challenges -- Politics of resource conflicts -- Quiescence : regime type and government expenditure -- Paradigm error : unemployment, poverty and food insecurity -- Whither democracy and human rights : European-Mediterranean partnership? -- Divine altruism : politics of Islamic NGOs' interventions.
650 0 $aArab Spring, 2010-$xEconomic aspects.
650 0 $aEconomic development$zArab countries.
651 0 $aArab countries$xEconomic policy.
650 0 $aIncome distribution$zArab countries.
650 0 $aUnemployment$zArab countries.
650 0 $aPoverty$zArab countries.
650 0 $aAuthoritarianism$zArab countries.
651 0 $aArab countries$xPolitics and government$y20th century.
651 0 $aArab countries$xPolitics and government$y21st century.
651 0 $aArab countries$xForeign relations$zEuropean Union countries.
651 0 $aEuropean Union countries$xForeign relations$zArab countries.
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development.$2bisacsh
650 7 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics.$2bisacsh