Doing Business in the Middle East: Politics and Economic Crisis in Jordan and Kuwait

ISBN-13: 9780521839556 / Angielski / Twarda / 2004 / 230 str.

Pete W. Moore; Charles Tripp; Julia A. Clancy-Smith

Opis

Examining relations between state authority and elite business representation in the Middle East, Pete Moore considers the examples of Kuwait and Jordan. He examines why organized business in Kuwait has been able to coordinate policy reform with state officials, while their Jordanian counterparts have generally failed, despite similar fiscal crises. Moore concludes that unleashing the private sector alone is insufficient to change current political and economic arrangements when established political infrastructures remain in place.

Recenzje

Review of the hardback: 'The book is well written, theoretically grounded and substantively rich. It will find a market amongst those interested in comparative politics, political economy, public policy and US foreign policy in the Middle East.' Jill Crystal, Auburn University

Spis treści

1. Summers of discontent: business-state politics in the Middle East; 2. Organizing first: business and political authority during state formation; 3. Politics and profits; 4. Crises at century's end; 5. Is business the solution?