Development models in Muslim contexts : Chinese, "Islamic" and neo-liberal alternatives / / edited by Robert Springborg [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910820704703321
• Autore: Springborg Robert
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2009
• ISBN: 0-7486-5317-1; 1-282-62044-4; 9786612620447; 0-7486-4177-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Exploring Muslim contexts
• Disciplina: 338.90091767
• Soggetti: Economic development - Islamic countries; Islamic countries Economic policy; China Economic conditions Mathematical models
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The lure of development models / Robert Springborg -- The Chinese model and its global reception. A China model or just a broken mould? / William Hurst ; Latin America's view of China : interest, but scepticism / Barbara Stallings ; The China model in Africa : a new brand of developmentalism / Catherine Boone with Dhawal Doshi -- The Chinese model and its competitors in the Muslim World. Learning the right lessons from Beijing : a model for the Arab World? / Emma Murphy ; Towards an Islamic model for the Middle East and North Africa? / Clement M. Henry ; Democracy, development and political Islam : comparing Iran and Turkey / Mohammed Ayoob -- The role of governance in development models. Can the East Asian developmental state be replicated : the case of Malaysia / Jeff Tan ; Governance and development : a case study of Pakistan / Ishrat Husain ; Is "Good governance" an appropriate model for governance reforms : the relevance of East Asia for developing Muslim countries / Mushtaq Khan ; Not Washington, Beijing nor Mecca : the limitations of development models / Robert Springborg.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book examines the characteristics of the Chinese economic development model and its reception in Africa and Latin America. It also investigates the current competition over governance models in the Muslim world and asks which model or models will guide development in Muslim countries.