From social contracts to extraction contracts: The political economy of authoritarianism and democracy

The economic crisis Middle Eastern and North African countries are faced with propels a political economic transition "from inward-looking, state-dominated to outward-looking, private sector and market-oriented development; and from corporalist, inclusionary to more pluralist, exclusionary poli...

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Published in:Islam, democracy, and the state in North Africa
Main Author: Waterbury, John (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Indiana Univ. Press 1997
In: Islam, democracy, and the state in North Africa
Further subjects:B Political crisis
B Economic reform
B State
B Political system
B Mittlerer Osten
B North Africa
B Society
B Structural planning
B Near East
B Economic crisis
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Summary:The economic crisis Middle Eastern and North African countries are faced with propels a political economic transition "from inward-looking, state-dominated to outward-looking, private sector and market-oriented development; and from corporalist, inclusionary to more pluralist, exclusionary political arrangements". But these arrangements are not predictable. Citizens' demands for accountability from their governments will certainly grow, yet transitions from authoritarianism to democracy don't appear unavoidable. (DÜI-Cls)
ISBN:0253333032
Contains:In: Islam, democracy, and the state in North Africa