Economic Development and Political Action in the Arab World

Taylor & Francis

Economic Development and Political Action in the Arab WorldAuthor(s): M.A. Mohamed Salih\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138687769, 978-1138687769\nSynopsis\nAnalysis of North African revolt against authoritarianism, known as the Arab Spring, embraced reductionist explanations such as the social media, youth unemployment and citizens agitations to regain dignity in societies humiliated by oppressive regimes. This book illustrates that reductionist approaches can only elucidate some symptoms of a social problem while leaving unexplained the economic and political structures which contributed to it. One outcome of quiescence, resource-based ethnic and sectarian conflicts and faulty development paradigm is deepened inequality and a wedge between winners and losers or affluence, wealth and power vis--vis poverty and hunger among humiliated jobless and hope-less masses. The book blends theories of development and tr.