LEADER 03972nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910455012703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-86372-510-4 010 $a0-86372-370-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000774881 035 $a(EBL)1764161 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000105032 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11135186 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000105032 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10100406 035 $a(PQKB)11384875 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1764161 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1764161 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10309207 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL642522 035 $a(OCoLC)887506789 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000774881 100 $a20090225d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 04$aThe Arab state and neo-liberal globalization$b[electronic resource] $ethe restructuring of state power in the Middle East /$fedited by Laura Guazzone and Daniela Pioppi 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aReading, UK $cIthaca$d2009 215 $a1 online resource (409 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-11271-1 311 $a0-86372-339-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a5 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 327 $a11 The Saudi Security Environment: Plus C?a Change . . .12 Security Policy and Democratic Reform in Morocco: Between Public Discourse and Reality; 13 The Arab State and Neo-liberal Globalization; Bibliography; Index 330 $aThis 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 606 $aIslam and politics$zArab countries 606 $aGlobalization 606 $aNeoliberalism 607 $aArab countries$xPolitics and government$y21st century 607 $aArab countries$xForeign relations 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aIslam and politics 615 0$aGlobalization. 615 0$aNeoliberalism. 676 $a918.1092367 701 $aGuazzone$b Laura$0246088 701 $aPioppi$b Daniela$0884001 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455012703321 996 $aThe Arab state and neo-liberal globalization$91974164 997 $aUNINA