03972nam 2200673Ia 450 991045501270332120200520144314.00-86372-510-40-86372-370-5(CKB)1000000000774881(EBL)1764161(SSID)ssj0000105032(PQKBManifestationID)11135186(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105032(PQKBWorkID)10100406(PQKB)11384875(MiAaPQ)EBC1764161(Au-PeEL)EBL1764161(CaPaEBR)ebr10309207(CaONFJC)MIL642522(OCoLC)887506789(EXLCZ)99100000000077488120090225d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Arab state and neo-liberal globalization[electronic resource] the restructuring of state power in the Middle East /edited by Laura Guazzone and Daniela Pioppi1st ed.Reading, UK Ithaca20091 online resource (409 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-322-11271-1 0-86372-339-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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 DISTRIBUTION5 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-type11 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; IndexThis 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, fIslam and politicsArab countriesGlobalizationNeoliberalismArab countriesPolitics and government21st centuryArab countriesForeign relationsElectronic books.Islam and politicsGlobalization.Neoliberalism.918.1092367Guazzone Laura246088Pioppi Daniela884001MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455012703321The Arab state and neo-liberal globalization1974164UNINA