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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789116703321

Autore

Heydarian Richard Javad

Titolo

How capitalism failed the Arab world : the economic roots and precarious future of the Middle East uprisings / / Richard Javad Heydarian ; with a foreword by Walden Bello

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-22063-9

1-78032-960-1

1-78032-959-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Economic controversies

Disciplina

338.9009174927

Soggetti

Arab Spring, 2010- - Economic aspects

Political economy

Arab countries Economic conditions 21st century

Arab countries Economic policy

Arab countries Politics and government

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

About the Author; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Foreword; Dedication; 1 A brave new Middle East: the birth of a new era; 2 The anti-development state: economic origins of Arab upheavals; 3 The advent of economic globalization: a prelude to crisis; 4 The Great Recession: the collapse of Arab crony capitalism; 5 The new power brokers: political Islam and the Arab summer; 6 Gulf exceptionalism: how the monarchies have reshaped the Arab Spring; 7 Peering into the abyss: the Arab Spring at the crossroads.

8 Where do we go from here? Finding the true path to an Arab SpringNotes; References; Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Economic liberalization has failed in the Arab world. Instead of precipitating democratic reform, it has over the last three decades resulted in greater poverty, inequality and unemployment. In How Capitalism Failed the Arab World, Richard Javad Heydarian shows how



years of economic mismanagement, political autocracy and corruption have encouraged people to revolt, and how the initial optimism of the uprisings is now giving way to bitter power struggles and continued economic stagnation.