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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455012703321

Titolo

The Arab state and neo-liberal globalization [[electronic resource] ] : the restructuring of state power in the Middle East / / edited by Laura Guazzone and Daniela Pioppi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Reading, UK, : Ithaca, 2009

ISBN

0-86372-510-4

0-86372-370-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (409 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GuazzoneLaura

PioppiDaniela

Disciplina

918.1092367

Soggetti

Islam and politics - Arab countries

Globalization

Neoliberalism

Electronic books.

Arab countries Politics and government 21st century

Arab countries Foreign relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; 1 Interpreting Change in the Arab World; PART I CHANGING PATTERNS OF POLITICAL MOBILIZATION; 2 Neo-liberal Structural Adjustment, Political Demobilization, and Neo-authoritarianism in Egypt; 3 An Analysis of Political Change in Lebanon in the Light of Recent Mobilization Cycles; 4 Saudi Arabia's Political Demobilization in Regional Comparison: Monarchical Tortoise and Republican Hares; PART I I CHANGING PATTERNS OF WEALTH ACCUMULATIONAND DISTRIBUTION

5 The Political Economy of Authoritarianism in Egypt: Insufficient Structural Reforms, Limited Outcomesand a Lack of New Actors6 The Lebanese Socio-economic System, 1985-2005; 7 Globalization and the Saudi Economy: Gains and Losses; 8 Morocco's Political Economy: Ambiguous Privatization and the Emerging Social Question; PART I I I CHANGING PATTERNS OF GLOBALIZED SECURITY; 9 The Security Sector



in Egypt: Management, Coercion and External Alliance under the Dynamics of Change; 10 The Virtual Sovereignty of the Lebanese State: From Deviant Case to Ideal-type

11 The Saudi Security Environment: Plus Ça Change . . .12 Security Policy and Democratic Reform in Morocco: Between Public Discourse and Reality; 13 The Arab State and Neo-liberal Globalization; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays by leading academics offers an alternative approach to the study of today''s Arab states by focusing on their participation in neo-liberal globalization rather than on authoritarianism or Islam. The effects of the restructuring of traditional state power engendered by globalization are analyzed separately, through updated empirical research in the political, economic and security processes of each country considered. Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco and Saudi Arabia are the case studies selected to represent different paths towards a shared model of ''new'' Arab state which, f