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

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 patterns and variation in the organization and outcome of economic reform programs, including the opportunities that economic reforms offered for reorganizing networks of economic privilege across the Middle East.

Author: S. Heydemann
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/29/2005
Pages: 334
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9781349527564

About the Author
STEVEN HEYDEMANN is Director, Centre for Democracy and the Third Sector, Georgetown University, USA.