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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809588803321

Autore

Findlay Allan M

Titolo

The Arab world / / Allan M. Findlay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1994

ISBN

9780203133910

0415042003 (pbk.)

1-134-96541-9

1-280-32825-8

0-203-13391-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Collana

Routledge introductions to development

Disciplina

330.917/6927

Soggetti

Arab countries History

Arab countries Economic conditions

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

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Perspectives on Arab development: from West to East; The colonial legacy; Political constraints to economic development; Arab oil and the use of oil revenues; Labour migration; Rural development; Urban development; Arab identity and development; References, further reading and review questions; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Disruption following the Gulf War, and the need to satisfy both rising economic aspirations and the Islamic values of the region's peoples, demands fresh examination of development issues in the Arab world. This introductory text assesses how agricultural, industrial and urban development has evolved in the Arab region. Contrasting Arab and Western interpretations of `development', it draws on case studies covering states as diverse as Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Morocco and Jordan. The author suggests that until the Arabs define their own identity, there will continue to be `change' but not nece