Privatization And Liberalization In The Middle East

Author : Iliya F. Harik
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Privatization and Liberalization in the Middle East written by Iliya F. Harik and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ... a highly original and valuable contribution on an important and most timely topic... No other book on Middle Eastern political economy matches this one in combining clarity of focus and breadth of geographic coverage. - Robert Bianchi. An international group of specialists take stock of the problems and prospects for privatization of state-run economies and other liberalization efforts in a wide range of countries throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Although privatization and liberalization are frequently regarded as economic measures, the contributors demonstrate that it is the politics of such reforms that often determines the success or failure of economic policy changes. The countries under review share a variety of economic and political characteristics, yet are sufficiently different in their response to the call for privatization to constitute useful cases for comparative political and economic analysis. Countries studied include Egypt, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, and Algeria. The contributors are Abdel-Monem Said Aly, Laurie A. Brand, Kiren Aziz Chaudhry, Iliya Harik, Fred H. Lawson, Marcie J. J. Sullivan, and Dirk Vandewalle.

Author : Tim Niblock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economic and Political Liberalization in the Middle East written by Tim Niblock and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tim Niblock
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Economy of the Middle East: Economic and political liberalisation written by Tim Niblock and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1999 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth in a series on the Middle East, this volume deals with liberalisation. It argues that few countries have been untouched by economic and/or political liberalisation, particularly the Middle East. It looks at Turkey, Egypt and Iraq along with other Middle Eastern states.

Author : Steffen Hertog
Publisher : Hurst Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1849042357
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Business Politics in the Middle East written by Steffen Hertog and published by Hurst Publishers. This book was released on 2013-04-25 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although most Arab countries remain authoritarian, many have undergone a restructuring of state-society relations in which lower- and middle-class interest groups have lost ground while big business has benefited in terms of its integration into policy-making and the opening of economic sectors that used to be state-dominated. Arab businesses have also started taking on aspects of public service provision in health, media and education that used to be the domain of the state; they have also become increasingly active in philanthropy. The ‘Arab Spring,’ which is likely to lead to a more pluralistic political order, makes it all the more important to understand business interests in the Middle East, a segment of society that on the one hand has often been close to the ancien regime, but on the other will play a pivotal role in a future social contract. Among the topics addressed by the authors are the role of business in recent regime change; the political outlook of businessmen; the consequences of economic liberalisation on the composition of business elites in the Middle East; the role of the private sector in orienting government policies; lobbying of government by business interests and the mechanisms by which governments seek to keep businesses dependent on them.

Author : Anne Marie Baylouny
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253354722
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Privatizing Welfare in the Middle East written by Anne Marie Baylouny and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the effects of neoliberal economic reforms on middle classes in the Middle East. Based on fieldwork and interviews with members, non-members, and policymakers, this title provides fresh insights into democratization, liberalization, and civil society.

Author : Vicki Preibisch
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638680703
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Political Logic of Economic Restructuring in the Middle East written by Vicki Preibisch and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2007-07 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Near East, Near Orient, grade: 1,7, University of Kassel, 27 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: It is claimed that Middle Eastern countries lack behind market reforms and show an antipathy towards neoliberal economic restructuring. This research paper looks into the logic of economic restructuring, whereby privatisation, competition and regulation theory build the framework for analysing market liberalisation in the Middle East. A case study on Islamic banking reflects the differences and challenges of respecting Muslim traditions at the one hand and Western financial practices on the other. It becomes paramount that economic restructuring is perceived mostly negatively by Muslim states and therefore, clashes with neoliberal understanding of pro-market reforms are inevitable.

Author : Eberhard Kienle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politics from Above, Politics from Below written by Eberhard Kienle and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysing developments in the Middle East, this book concludes that economic liberalization has failed to entail the continuous growth and widespread welfare gains expected by its proponents. Privatization and crony capitalism do not allow individuals to participate in the formation of decent social norms.

Author : IBP USA
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1433067161
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Middle East and Arabic Countries Privatization Programs and Regulations Handbook Volume 1 Strategic Information and Laws for Selected Countries written by IBP USA and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Merih Celasun
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134562357
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book State-Owned Enterprises in the Middle East and North Africa written by Merih Celasun and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experienced contributors with a balanced and realistic view of the prospects for privatization and the reform of state-owned enterprises in the Middle East and North Africa Clearly written and well structured, with numerous useful references to other studies at the end of each chapter

Author : S. Heydemann
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1403982147
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Networks of Privilege in the Middle East: The Politics of Economic Reform Revisited written by S. Heydemann and published by Springer. This book was released on 2004-08-20 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the role of informal networks in the politics of Middle Eastern economic reform. The editor's introduction demonstrates how network-based models overcome limitations in existing approaches to the politics of economic reform. The following chapters show how business-state networks in Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan have affected privatization programs and the reform of fiscal policies. They help us understand patterns and variation in the organization and outcome of economic reform programs, including the opportunities that economic reforms offered for reorganizing networks of economic privilege across the Middle East.