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Globalization and the politics of development in the Middle East
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ISBN: 0521626315 052162312X 0511116896 0511154178 0511325193 0511807686 1280162716 0511050577 0511017979 1107114993 9780511154171 9780511116896 9780521626316 9780521623124 9780511017971 9780511807688 9780511050572 6610162719 9786610162710 Year: 2001 Volume: 1 Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press,

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Abstract

At the beginning of the twenty-first century countries in the Middle East and North Africa contend with the threats and opportunities of economic globalization, the driving force of change in the contemporary world. As the authors confirm in their straightforward and, at times, irreverent analysis of the regions' response to these challenges, it is globalization which is the key to an understanding of economic reform. Through an investigation of the structures of state and civil society, including financial systems, they also demonstrate that there is a direct correlation between economic performance and democratization. In other words, the more liberal the polity, the more effective is its economy in responding to globalization. With its interesting and incisive approach to the politics and economics of the Middle East and North Africa, this will be an essential purchase for students and policy-makers and anyone trying to come to grips with economic globalization generally.

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