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

Heydemann, S.

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.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2005-07-29

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349527564

DOI: 10.1057/9781403982148

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 334