1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787432903321

Autore

Cammett Melani Claire <1969->

Titolo

A political economy of the Middle East [[electronic resource] /] / Melani Cammett, Ishac Diwan, Alan Richards, John Waterbury

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

0-429-97223-7

0-429-96115-4

0-429-49260-X

1-78539-514-9

0-8133-4939-7

Edizione

[Fourth edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (613 pages) : illustrations, maps, tables

Classificazione

POL023000HIS026000BUS068000

Disciplina

330.956

Soggetti

Working class - Middle East

Middle East Economic conditions 1979-

Middle East Economic policy

Middle East Politics and government 1979-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

A Political Economy of the Middle East is the most comprehensive analysis of developments in the political economy of the region over the past several decades, examining the interaction of economic development processes, state systems and policies, and social actors in the Middle East. The fourth edition, with new authors Melani Cammett and Ishac Diwan, has been thoroughly revised, with two new introductory chapters that provide an updated framework with which to understand and study the many changes in demography, education, labor markets, urbanization, water and agriculture, and international labor migration in the recent years. The new edition also includes: a new chapter that charts the political economy of the Gulf states and, in particular, the phenomenal growth of oil economies; a new chapter on the rise of "crony capitalism;" and increased coverage of the changes in civil society and social movements in the region, including an



exploration of the causes, dynamics, consequences, and aftermath of the Arab uprisings.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910131700203321

Autore

Bernardi Alessandro

Titolo

Da città del silenzio a città delle macchine : Prato nel cinema degli anni ‘50 / / Alessandro Bernardi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Firenze, : Firenze University Press, 2010

Descrizione fisica

P. 9-36

Collana

Pluriverso - Quaderni della Biblioteca del Polo Universitario di Prato

Disciplina

791

Soggetti

Motion pictures - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

One of the most beautiful films of Italian cinematic Neorealism, Giovanna, a real pearl by Gillo Pontecorvo dated 1955, is almost completely unknown to the public. Entirely filmed in Prato, inside an old factory, now dismantled, and fully interpreted by workers and employees of the various textile companies of the city, the film tells the struggle of the workers to defend their jobs against the thirst for profits of the bosses and also against their own husbands who want them to stay at home to look after the children. It is not only a magnificent document of industrial archaeology, but also and above all the portrait of a new woman, modern and ancient at the same time.