A Political Economy of the Middle East is the most comprehensive analysis of developments in the political economy of the region over the past several decades, examining the interaction of economic development processes, state systems and policies, and social actors in the Middle East.The fourth edition, with new authors Melani Cammett and Ishac Diwan, has been thoroughly revised, with two new introductory chapters that provide an updated framework with which to understand and study the many changes in demography, education, labour markets, urbanization, water and agriculture, and international labour migration in the recent years. The new edition also includes: a new chapter that charts the political economy of the Gulf states and, in particular, the phenomenal growth of oil economies a new chapter on the rise of "crony capitalism" and increased coverage of the changes in civil society and social movements in the region, including an exploration of the causes, dynamics, consequences, and aftermath of the Arab uprisings.

About the Author
MELANI CAMMETT is professor of government at Harvard University. She is the author of Compassionate Communalism: Welfare and Sectarianism in Lebanon, and the co-editor of The Politics of Non-State Welfare.ISHAC DIWAN is a visiting researcher at the Paris School of Economics and directs the Economic and Political Transformation Program at the Economic Research Forum. He is the author of Understanding the Political Economy of the Arab Uprisings.ALAN RICHARDS is professor of economics and environmental studies, emeritus, at the University of California at Santa Cruz.JOHN WATERBURY is William Stewart Tod Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Emeritus, at Princeton University.

Reviews
"This volume is refreshing, timely, and essential." --Middle East Quarterly "A Political Economy of the Middle East makes a valuable intellectual contribution to the field of Middle East Studies and allied disciplines and focuses the connections between economics, politics, and the social, which are obscured in standard media analysis. I would highly recommend this book for courses on the Middle East history, economics, and politics and as the standard reference book for students and scholars on the political economies of the region." --Digest of Middle East Studies "The volume remains by far the best single work on the political economy of development in the contemporary Middle East. Highly recommended." --Choice Praise for the previous editions: "This book's strength is its conceptual, rigorous approach-- it is a real textbook of political economy, not a pseudo-journalistic descriptive text on the Middle East." --Jacek Lubecki, Georgia Southern University "For those who wish to give a course on the Middle East that emphasizes economics, there really is no alternative book." --Michael Twomey, University of Michigan



Book Information
ISBN 9780813349381
Author Alan Richards
Format Paperback
Page Count 608
Imprint Westview Press Inc
Publisher Taylor & Francis Inc
Weight(grams) 842g
Dimensions(mm) 228mm * 156mm * 34mm