Networks of Privilege in the Middle East: The Politics of Economic Reform Revisited

by Steven Heydemann

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1403963525
• ISBN13: 9781403963529
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.5"