In recent years, Israel has deeply and quickly transformed from a self-perceived social-democratic regime into a privatized and liberalized "Start-Up Nation" and a highly divided society. This transition to neoliberalism has been coupled with the adoption of a hawkish and isolationist foreign...

This systematic evaluation of Iraq's political economy and human development offers a complex and sophisticated analysis of Iraq's recent history. Focusing on the period from 1950 up to the Gulf war in 1990, the book brings an understanding of how development has been shaped or constrained in...

This book examines the local and global political and institutional processes that have led to the strengthening of the Israeli central bank within the context of the now predominant neoliberal regime. Using Israel as a case study to identify broader patterns around the world, the authors...

Over the years, we have witnessed huge economic and socio-political change in the Gulf. This book examines the rapid industrialization of the region and how local economies are starting to diversify away from petroleum, exploring how this transformative process is starting to impact on the...

1. The Middle East and North Africa : a 'harmonizing geographic region' without a complete regionalism -- 2. The economic development of 'latecomers' -- 3. Institutions and development in the Middle East and North Africa : between economic challenges and stability policies -- 4. Demographic...

"The economies of Turkey and Egypt, remarkably similar until the early 1980s, have since taken divergent paths. Turkey has successfully implemented a policy of export led industrialisation whilst Egypt's manufacturing industry and exports have stagnated. In this book, Amr Adly uses extensive...

1. Why does state reform vary among developing countries? -- 2. Escort states and export restructuring -- 3. What happened in Turkey (1983-2010)? : state reform and export restructuring -- 4. Mission unaccomplished : Egypt (1990-2010) -- 5. Whence cometh state reform? -- 6. Political competition...

1. Introduction and definition of sovereign wealth funds -- 2. The Gulf's commodity-based sovereign wealth funds -- 3. Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund -- 4. Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth funds -- 5. The United Arab Emirates' sovereign wealth funds -- 6. Iran's experience of sovereign wealth...