Description
The fourth edition, with new authors Melani Cammett and Ishac Diwan, has been thoroughly revised, with two new introductory chapters that provide an up to date framework with which to take into account and study the many changes in demography, education, labor markets, urbanization, water and agriculture, and international labor migration within the latest years. The brand new edition also includes: a new chapter that charts the political economy of the Gulf states and, in particular, the exceptional growth of oil economies; a new chapter on the upward thrust of “crony capitalism;” and increased coverage of the changes in civil society and social movements within the region, including an exploration of the causes, dynamics, consequences, and aftermath of the Arab uprisings.