This is the first major study of the alternatives confronting Iraq as it seeks to rebuild its vital oil industry while simultaneously constructing a new political system. The eminent contributors use comparative analysis to suggest how Iraq might best be rebuilt. Published in association with the London Middle East Institute at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).
Robert Springborg holds the MBI Al Jaber Chair in Middle East studies at SOAS and is director of the London Middle East Institute.
This is the first major study of the alternatives confronting Iraq as it seeks to rebuild its vital oil industry while simultaneously constructing ...
Alanoud Alsharekh, Robert Springborg, Sarah Stewart
The Gulf States are assuming an ever more important role in the global political economy, and new cultural and political identities are emerging, both through natural processes and as a result of state design. This book explores some of the issues raised by this developing profile.
Alanoud Alsharekh is a member of the advisory council of the London Middle East Institute (LMEI) at SOAS and a consultant for the UN Development Fund for Women.
Robert Springborg holds the MBI Al Jaber Chair in Middle East Studies at SOAS and is director of the LMEI.
Sarah...
The Gulf States are assuming an ever more important role in the global political economy, and new cultural and political identities are emerging, b...
Despite substantial spending on education and robust support for reform both internally and by external donors, the quality of education in many, if not most, Arab countries remains low. Which raises the question: why? The authors of The Political Economy of Education in the Arab World find answers in the authoritarian political economies that shape the architecture of national governance across the region. Presenting studies from North Africa and the Gulf region, as well as comparative perspectives from Asia and Latin America, they show clearly that efforts to improve education-and thereby...
Despite substantial spending on education and robust support for reform both internally and by external donors, the quality of education in many, if n...
The starting point for the investigation outlined in this text is the relationship between political authority and economic change in Egypt and will be the presidency and the highest level of the political elite. The bulk of the field research on which this book is based was conducted in Egypt in 1986.
The starting point for the investigation outlined in this text is the relationship between political authority and economic change in Egypt and will b...
The starting point for the investigation outlined in this text is the relationship between political authority and economic change in Egypt and will be the presidency and the highest level of the political elite. The bulk of the field research on which this book is based was conducted in Egypt in 1986.
The starting point for the investigation outlined in this text is the relationship between political authority and economic change in Egypt and will b...