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  • Big Capital in an Unequal World

    The Micropolitics of Wealth in Pakistan

    door Rosita Armytage ...
    Serie Boek 29 - Dislocations
    Inside the hidden lives of the global “1%”, this book examines the networks, social practices, marriages, and machinations of Pakistan’s elite.Benefitting from rare access and keen analytical insight, Rosita Armytage’s rich study reveals the daily, even mundane, ways in which elites contribute to and shape the inequality that characterizes the modern world. Operating in a rapidly developing ... Meer lezen

    20,47 €

  • Big Capital in an Unequal World

    The Micropolitics of Wealth in Pakistan

    door Rosita Armytage ...
    Serie Boek 29 - Dislocations
    Inside the hidden lives of the global “1%”, this book examines the networks, social practices, marriages, and machinations of Pakistan’s elite.Benefitting from rare access and keen analytical insight, Rosita Armytage’s rich study reveals the daily, even mundane, ways in which elites contribute to and shape the inequality that characterizes the modern world. Operating in a rapidly developing ... Meer lezen

    20,47 €

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    Time to embrace change

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    The most challenging question today for the citizens of any country in the Gulf region is whether it is heading in the right direction to become a durable, sustainable system, fully supported by its people and capable of being defended from internal and external threats. In The Arab Spring and the Gulf States, Mohamed A. J. Althani, a former minister in the Qatari government, analyses the ... Meer lezen

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  • Qatar

    Small State, Big Politics

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    The Persian Gulf state of Qatar has fewer than 2 million inhabitants, virtually no potable water, and has been an independent nation only since 1971. Yet its enormous oil and gas wealth has permitted the ruling al Thani family to exert a disproportionately large influence on regional and even international politics. Qatar is, as Mehran Kamrava explains in this knowledgeable and incisive account of ... Meer lezen

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  • Why Yemen Matters

    A Society in Transition

    door Helen Lackner ...
    Serie Boek 10 - SOAS Middle East Issues
    In November 2011, an agreement brokered by the GCC brought an end to Yemen's tumultuous uprising. The National Dialogue Conference has opened a window of opportunity for change, bringing Yemen's main political forces together with groups that were politically marginalized. Yet, the risk of collapse is serious, and if Yemen is to remain a viable state, it must address numerous political, social and ... Meer lezen

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  • The Power of Creative Reasoning

    The Ideas and Vision of John Garang

    door Lual A. Deng ...
    Seventy-two percent of South Sudans population is under thirty years of age. It is this generation that must create a new South Sudanese identity that is inclusive of all its nationalities. In The Power of Creative Reasoning, author Lual A. Deng shows how the ideas and concepts touted by Dr. John Garang could facilitate the advancement of the ideals of freedom, liberty, and human dignity.The Power ... Meer lezen

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  • Business Networks in Syria

    The Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience

    Serie series Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures
    Collusion between business communities and the state can lead to a measure of security for those in power, but this kind of interaction often limits new development. In Syria, state-business involvement through informal networks has contributed to an erratic economy. With unique access to private businessmen and select state officials during a critical period of transition, this book examines ... Meer lezen

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  • Nation-Building, State and the Genderframing of Women's Rights in the United Arab Emirates

    The extensive changes to Emirati women's traditional rights and roles have been one of the most visible transformations taking place in the United Arab Emirates throughout its almost forty years of modern history. This book offers an interpretation of why and how these modifications came about. Its aim is to analyse the promotion of educational, employment and political rights for women as ... Meer lezen

    8,89 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Arab Dawn

    Arab Youth and the Demographic Dividend They Will Bring

    door Bessma Momani ...
    Serie series UTP Insights
    In the West, news about the Middle East is dominated by an endless stream of reports and commentary about civil war, sectarian violence, religious extremism, and economic stagnation. But do they tell the full story? For instance, who knew that university enrolment in the war-torn Palestinian territories exceeds that of Hong Kong, or that more than a third of Lebanese entrepreneurs are women?Change ... Meer lezen

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  • Missions Impossible

    Higher Education and Policymaking in the Arab World

    door John Waterbury ...
    A rigorous examination of higher education policymaking in the Arab worldNone of the momentous challenges Arab universities face is unique either in kind or degree. Other societies exhibit some of the same pathologies—insufficient resources, high drop-out rates, feeble contributions to research and development, inappropriate skill formation for existing job markets, weak research incentive ... Meer lezen

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  • The Rule of Law in Afghanistan

    Missing in Inaction

    Bewerkt door Whit Mason ...
    How, despite the enormous investment of blood and treasure, has the West's ten-year intervention left Afghanistan so lawless and insecure? The answer is more insidious than any conspiracy, for it begins with a profound lack of understanding of the rule of law, the very thing that most dramatically separates Western societies from the benighted ones in which they increasingly intervene. This volume ... Meer lezen

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  • The New Post-oil Arab Gulf

    Managing People and Wealth

    The sharp increase in oil revenues since 2002 has left the Arab Gulf States with billions of petro-dollars. But how will these countries fare in the post-oil era? The rulers of these states are taking serious measures to ensure the survival of their economies, and indeed their regimes, in a world with scarce mineral resources. This volume explores the extent to which these countries have been and ... Meer lezen

    16,74 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus