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Politics from Above, Politics from Below
Eberhard . Ed(S): Kienle
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Hardback. 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; and it has also failed to decentralize and democratize the allocation of resources and enable individuals to participate in the production of social norms. Editor(s): Kienle, Eberhard. Num Pages: 349 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; JPH; KCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 30. Weight in Grams: 712.
Even today economic liberalization is widely supposed to replace the tyranny of the state with the freedom of the individual and, therefore, the uniformity of politics from above with the liveliness and colour of politics from below. Analysing developments in the Middle East, this book arrives at far less reassuring conclusions: that economic liberalization has failed to entail the continuous growth and widespread welfare gains expected by its proponents. By privileging privatization and crony-capitalism over competitive but regulated markets and political reforms, it has also failed to decentralize and democratize the allocation of resources be they material or symbolic and ... Read more
Even today economic liberalization is widely supposed to replace the tyranny of the state with the freedom of the individual and, therefore, the uniformity of politics from above with the liveliness and colour of politics from below. Analysing developments in the Middle East, this book arrives at far less reassuring conclusions: that economic liberalization has failed to entail the continuous growth and widespread welfare gains expected by its proponents. By privileging privatization and crony-capitalism over competitive but regulated markets and political reforms, it has also failed to decentralize and democratize the allocation of resources be they material or symbolic and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
349
Condition
New
Number of Pages
349
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780863569494
SKU
V9780863569494
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About Eberhard . Ed(S): Kienle
Eberhard Kienle is the author of Ba'th v. Ba'th: The Conflict between Syria and Iraq, 1968-89, and A Grand Delusion: Democracy and Economic Reform in Egypt. He teaches Middle Eastern politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London and is currently director of the Institut de recherches et d'etudes sur le monde arabe et musulman (IREMAM-CNRS) ... Read more
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