In Chaos and Counterrevolution, international law scholar Richard Falk explores the wave of popular protests that swept North Africa and the Middle East in 2011—and the rapid demise (or reversal) the protest movement suffered in most countries, soon thereafter. The protests of 2011 inspired a
Development Challenges and Solutions after the Arab Spring
β Scribed by Ali Kadri (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 249
- Series
- Rethinking International Development Series
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Introduction: Arab Development via the Channels of War and Oil....Pages 1-15
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
Egypt: Failed Emergence, Conniving Capitalism, Fall of the Muslim Brothers β A Possible Popular Alternative....Pages 19-38
The Failure of Arab Macro Policy....Pages 39-50
The Unravelling of Arab Autocracy: Socioeconomic Factors in Context....Pages 51-73
Transcending Neoliberalism through Pro-Poor and Democratic Economic Development Strategies....Pages 74-93
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Monetary Regimes and Socioeconomic Stability: A Missing Link in the βArab Springβ?....Pages 97-115
Diagnosing Constraints to Industrialisation in the Arab World: A Predatory Perspective....Pages 116-136
Front Matter....Pages 137-137
The Arab Uprisings through an Agrarian Lens....Pages 139-152
Uprisings without Agrarian Questions....Pages 153-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
The Political Economy of Palestinian Womenβs Labour Market Participation....Pages 175-199
Investment and Neoliberalism in Syria....Pages 200-217
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Arab Disintegration and the Right to Development....Pages 221-238
Back Matter....Pages 239-243
β¦ Subjects
Development Economics; Political Economy; International Relations
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