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Routledge Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa


About the Series

The Middle East continues to dominate in the news and current affairs coverage of the media both in global and regional contexts. Despite this growing and intensified interest in recent years, it is widely recognised that the region is largely underrepresented in a range of disciplines in the scholarly and academic domains. 

Routledge is proud to have launched this series since 2003 to widen in-depth analyses and understanding of the economic and political dynamics of this important region. The aim of the series is to publish both specialist and more general titles covering a wide range of issues relating to the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa region. It will feature the latest political economy studies of the Middle East defined to encompass countries from Morocco to Iran.

Submissions from prospective authors are welcomed, and should be sent in the first instance to the series editor. The series will be open to single-authored books as well as edited volumes and textbooks.  All manuscripts will be subject to international standards of peer review.

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Tunisia's Economic Development Why Better than Most of the Middle East but Not East Asia

Tunisia's Economic Development: Why Better than Most of the Middle East but Not East Asia

1st Edition

Forthcoming

By Mustapha K. Nabli, Jeffrey B. Nugent
May 27, 2024

This book identifies the differences in growth and development, and the various factors lying behind them, across both Middle East and North African (MENA) and East Asian countries over the 1960‒2020 period. It considers a very wide range of factors, compares initial situations, institutions, and ...

Social Policy in Iran Main Components and Institutions

Social Policy in Iran: Main Components and Institutions

1st Edition

Edited By Pooya Alaedini
May 31, 2023

This book provides in-depth analyses of the main social policy components and institutions in Iran. Its focus is on the period since 1979, although many of the developments are inevitably traced back to their pre-revolutionary origins. The first part of the book investigates socioeconomic trends ...

The Aftermath of the Arab Uprisings Towards Reconstruction, Democracy and Peace

The Aftermath of the Arab Uprisings: Towards Reconstruction, Democracy and Peace

1st Edition

Edited By Samir Makdisi, Raimundo Soto
March 17, 2023

Unlike other books on the Arab uprisings of 2010–2011 which focus on why they occurred, this book looks instead towards the future of three countries—Syria, Libya, and Yemen—where the violence and instability initiated by the uprisings persist. It additionally examines the case of Iraq which ...

State–Business Alliances and Economic Development Turkey, Mexico and North Africa

State–Business Alliances and Economic Development: Turkey, Mexico and North Africa

1st Edition

By Işık Özel
October 12, 2017

This book argues that a key dynamic behind economic development in the emerging markets is the coordination between the state and businesses. Exploring the links between institutions, state--business alliances and economic development in the context of tumultuous market transitions since the 1980s,...

Economic and Trade Policies in the Arab World Employment, Poverty Reduction and Integration

Economic and Trade Policies in the Arab World: Employment, Poverty Reduction and Integration

1st Edition

Edited By Mahmoud Elkhafif, Sahar Taghdisi-Rad, Mutasim Elagraa
June 28, 2016

The Arab Spring and recent popular uprisings that have taken place in many Arab countries since the end of 2010 highlight the urgent need for economic policy reorientation in these countries. This book addresses key issues relevant to the contemporary economic realities of the Arab economies; ...

Iran and the Global Economy Petro Populism, Islam and Economic Sanctions

Iran and the Global Economy: Petro Populism, Islam and Economic Sanctions

1st Edition

Edited By Parvin Alizadeh, Hassan Hakimian
June 28, 2016

The relationship between religion and the state has entered a new phase ever since the Iranian Revolution more than three decades ago. The recent mass uprisings against autocratic rulers in the Arab world have highlighted the potency of Islamist forces in post-revolutionary societies in the region,...

The Political Economy of Aid in Palestine Relief from Conflict or Development Delayed?

The Political Economy of Aid in Palestine: Relief from Conflict or Development Delayed?

1st Edition

By Sahar Taghdisi-Rad
February 27, 2015

Despite for many years receiving the highest per capita aid worldwide, the economies of the West Bank and Gaza Strip have failed to achieve any lasting developmental outcomes and suffer from major weaknesses which undermine their very survival. This book argues that the dominant, mainstream ...

Economic Liberalization and Turkey

Economic Liberalization and Turkey

1st Edition

By Sübidey Togan
November 07, 2013

The liberalization of the Turkish economy is a key factor affecting Turkey’s application to join the European Union. This book examines the impact of economic liberalization in Turkey and Turkey’s approach to the elimination of barriers to trade. It focuses on the liberalization of trade in Turkey’...

Money in the Middle East and North Africa Monetary Policy Frameworks and Strategies

Money in the Middle East and North Africa: Monetary Policy Frameworks and Strategies

1st Edition

Edited By David Cobham, Ghassan Dibeh
October 25, 2013

Monetary policy in the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries remains an understudied area; this book fills an important gap by examining monetary policy frameworks and monetary policy strategies in the region. Building on the editors’ earlier book, Monetary Policy and Central Banking in ...

Iran's Struggle for Economic Independence Reform and Counter-Reform in the Post-Revolutionary Era

Iran's Struggle for Economic Independence: Reform and Counter-Reform in the Post-Revolutionary Era

1st Edition

By Evaleila Pesaran
March 05, 2013

It is often assumed that Iran must necessarily submit to the forces of globalization and liberalize its economy, but the country’s ruling elites have continued throughout the post-revolutionary era to resist these pressures for neo-liberal economic reform, seeking to survive in the battlefield of ...

Monetary Policy and Central Banking in the Middle East and North Africa

Monetary Policy and Central Banking in the Middle East and North Africa

1st Edition

Edited By David Cobham, Ghassan Dibeh
October 10, 2012

This book examines monetary policy, central banking and exchange rate regimes in the Middle East and North Africa. Part I covers central banking and monetary policy, while Part II covers monetary policy and exchange rate regimes. Some chapters focus on the monetary frameworks of particular ...

Palestinian Labour Migration to Israel Labour, Land and Occupation

Palestinian Labour Migration to Israel: Labour, Land and Occupation

1st Edition

By Leila Farsakh
July 11, 2012

Leila Farsakh provides the first comprehensive analysis of the rise and fall of Palestinian labour flows to Israel. Highlighting the interdependence between Israel’s confiscation of Palestinian land and the use of Palestinian labour, she shows how migration has been the result of evolving dynamics ...

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