Author : Onn Winckler
Publisher : ISBS
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,83 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781845192389
Discusses political demographics in Arab countries, examining population growth, labor migration, and natalist policies in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and other nations, and providing an overview of the demographic records kept in Arab countries and discussion on pro- and anti-natalism.
Author : Henriette Engelhardt
Publisher : University of Bamberg Press
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 25,96 MB
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : Africa, North
ISBN : 3863095472
Author : Onn Winckler
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 26,95 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Arab countries
ISBN :
Author : Robert Springborg
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 12,46 MB
Release : 2020-03-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1509535616
Despite its oil wealth, the Middle East and North Africa is economically stagnating. Growth rates are comparatively unfavorable and insufficient to substantially improve citizens’ lives. Whether this economic inertia can be overcome or will continue into the indefinite future is a vital question that confronts both the region and the world. In this book leading Middle East scholar Robert Springborg discusses the economic future of this region by examining the national and regional political causes of its contemporary underperformance. Overgrown, weak MENA states, he explains, have been unable to escape their unfavorable historical legacies. “Limited access orders” and the deep states based in the means of coercion that underpin them undermine state capacities and constrain beneficial, autonomous political and economic activity. Increasingly challenged by their populations, MENA states face the daunting and so far unmet challenge of diversifying non-sustainable, rentier political economies away from direct or indirect dependence on oil and gas revenues. Stagnation of those revenues and failure to generate alternative income sources, combined with rapid population growth, presents the region with an economic challenge that can only be overcome by profound political change.
Author : Andrzej Kapiszewski
Publisher : ISBS
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 39,28 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780863722752
This text addresses some of the major problems related to population growth and to the development of the workforce in the Gulf Cooperation Council - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
Author : Elhum Haghighat
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 11,94 MB
Release : 2018-08-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1108427928
Examines the demographic shifts in the Middle East and North Africa, placing them in their social, political and economic contexts.
Author : Sean Yom
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 28,90 MB
Release : 2021-07-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1000410412
The second edition of this well-regarded volume explores the societies of the Middle East and North Africa. Presenting original studies written by the world’s leading MENA scholars, it sheds light upon the organizing structures, human vulnerabilities, and dynamic forces that propel social change among the peoples of the Arab world, as well as Israel, Turkey, and Iran. The volume can be used in conjunction with The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa textbook for a comprehensive overview of the region. Carrying over from the previous edition, among the rich topics covered are agriculture, urbanization, development, identity, citizenship, gender, religion, civil society, the environment, and youths. This second edition adds two new chapters on refugees and public opinion, as each constitutes a crucial part of the region’s social and cultural context. This edition also updates existing chapters to account for the latest events and trends, including the COVID-19 pandemic, popular protests, and demographic growth. Written in an accessible way, the chapters are clearly structured and contain insightful analysis, memorable case studies, illustrative photographs, and visualized data that illuminate the contours of social life across this diverse region. Each chapter also ends with curated questions for discussion, followed by annotated bibliographies to help spark further research to encourage seamless adoption into classrooms.
Author : Robert Mason
Publisher : American University in Cairo Press
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 39,24 MB
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1649030614
An ideal primer on contemporary Middle East Politics, covering the entire MENA region from an interdisciplinary perspective This compelling volume examines important and cross-cutting themes in the study of contemporary Middle East and North African politics and international relations in the current climate. Drawing together contributions from scholars based within the region and beyond, it weaves together essential interdisciplinary, conceptually rich, and forward-looking content. Chapters cover population and youth, civil–military relations, soft power and geopolitical competition, regionalization and internationalization of conflict, the role of oil in reconstruction efforts, extra-regional actors, environmental politics, and specifically, the Israel–Palestine conflict. Students are supported with an extended and innovative glossary, including key concepts, actors and abbreviations. New Perspectives on Middle East Politics serves as an ideal primer and companion volume for scholars of contemporary Middle East Studies, as well as for policy professionals, journalists and the general reader engaging and re-engaging with the region. Contributor affiliations: Mohamed Abdelraouf, Gulf Research Centre, Jeddah, United Arab Emirates Dina Arakji, Carnegie Middle East Center, Beirut, Lebanon Eyad AlRefai, Lancaster University, Lancashire, England and King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia Philipp Casula, University of Basel, Switzerland Ishac Diwan, Paris Sciences et Lettres and Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France Seif Hendy, American University in Cairo, Egypt Simon Mabon, Lancaster University, Lancashire, England Robert Mason, Lancaster University, Lancashire, England Neil Partrick, freelance consultant, UK
Author : Hans Groth
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 18,90 MB
Release : 2012-03-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 3642278809
The book discusses the demographic changes in Muslim countries. It thereby focuses on topics such as the demographic dividend and the demographic transition, labour market challenges, health care, universal education and gender issues. These challenges are addressed at a country level and include policy implications for the large majority of the Muslim countries covered in this book. Moreover, political consequences for Europe with respect to the integration of Muslims are presented to the reader.
Author : Navtej Dhillon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 45,61 MB
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0815704720
Young people in the Middle East (15–29 years old) constitute about one-third of the region's population. Growth rates for this age group trail only sub-Saharan Africa. This presents the region with an historic opportunity to build a lasting foundation for prosperity by harnessing the full potential of its young population. Yet young people in the Middle East face severe economic and social exclusion due to substandard education, high unemployment, and poverty. Thus the inclusion of youth is the most critical development challenge facing the Middle East today. A Generation in Waiting portrays the plight of young people, urging greater investment designed to improve the lives of this critical group. It brings together perspectives from the Maghreb to the Levant. Each chapter addresses the complex challenges facing young people in many areas of their lives: access to decent education, opportunities for quality employment, availability of housing and credit, and transitioning to marriage and family formation. This volume presents policy implications and sets an agenda for economic development, creating a more hopeful future for this and future generations in the Middle East. Selected contributors include Ragui Assaad (University of Minnesota), Brahim Boudarbat (University of Montreal), Jad Chaaban (American University in Beirut), Nader Kabbani (Syria Trust for Development), Taher Kanaan (Jordan Center for Public Policy Research and Dialogue), Djavad Salehi-Isfahani (Wolfensohn Center for Development and Virginia Tech), and Edward Sayre (University of Southern Mississippi).
