The Arab state and neo-liberal globalization [[electronic resource] ] : the restructuring of state power in the Middle East / / edited by Laura Guazzone and Daniela Pioppi

• Pubblicazione: Reading, UK, : Ithaca, 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (409 p.)
• Disciplina: 918.1092367
• Soggetto topico: Islam and politics - Arab countries; Globalization; Neoliberalism
• Soggetto geografico: Arab countries Politics and government 21st century; Arab countries Foreign relations
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GuazzoneLaura PioppiDaniela
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 DISTRIBUTION ; 5 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 ; 11 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The Arab state and neo-liberal globalization
• ISBN: 0-86372-510-4; 0-86372-370-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455012703321
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