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UNINA9910450262703321 |
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Autore |
Gaspard Toufic |
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Titolo |
A Political Economy of Lebanon, 1948-2002 : The Limits of Laissez-faire / / Toufic Gaspard |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-46780-0 |
9786610467808 |
1-4237-1427-X |
90-474-0257-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (313 p.) |
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Collana |
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Social, Economic and Political Studies of the Middle East and Asia ; ; 92 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Economic development - Political aspects - Lebanon - History - 20th century |
Economic development - Political aspects |
Economic history |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; List of tables; Preface; A political economy of Lebanon, 1948-2002: The limits of laissez-faire; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE OF SPONTANEITY AND DESIGN: THE MARKET AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER TWO THE ROAD TO LAISSEZ-FAIRE: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; CHAPTER THREE GROWTH WITHOUT DEVELOPMENT; CHAPTER FOUR LAISSEZ-FAIRE AGAINST INDUSTRY; CHAPTER FIVE THE REPRODUCTION OF LAISSEZ-FAIRE; CHAPTER SIX FROM CRISIS TO RECONSTRUCTION; CHAPTER SEVEN CONCLUDING REMARKS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; Bibliography; Subject Index; Author Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book is about the laissez-faire strategy for economic development, a strategy inspired by neoclassical/mainstream economics, advocated by the "Washington Consensus", and implemented by the Bretton Woods institutions. Mainstream economics has taken legitimacy from the historical failure of command economies. But this view has not been balanced by an examination of the |
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