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Arab Political Demography: Population Growth, Labor Migration and Natalist Policies Revised and Expanded Third Edition
Onn Winckler
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Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, over 50 tables & figs. BIC Classification: HBJF1; JFFN; JHBD; KCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 171. .
The Arab Spring exposed the fundamental weakness of the non-oil Arab economies, namely, the imbalance between population growth and the labour market, resulting in the emergence of structural unemployment among young adults. By the early 2000s these economies faced impossible circumstances: in order to achieve substantial economic growth they had to reduce subsidies and increase privatisation -- economic policies that led to a deterioration of the living standards of the vast majority of the population. The Arab Spring created a new category in the region, that of "failed Arab state", characterised by a fallen "old regime" without a competent new ... Read more
The Arab Spring exposed the fundamental weakness of the non-oil Arab economies, namely, the imbalance between population growth and the labour market, resulting in the emergence of structural unemployment among young adults. By the early 2000s these economies faced impossible circumstances: in order to achieve substantial economic growth they had to reduce subsidies and increase privatisation -- economic policies that led to a deterioration of the living standards of the vast majority of the population. The Arab Spring created a new category in the region, that of "failed Arab state", characterised by a fallen "old regime" without a competent new ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845197605
SKU
V9781845197605
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Ref
99-50
About Onn Winckler
Onn Winckler is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern History at the University of Haifa. He is the author of Demographic Developments and Population Policies in Ba'thist Syria, and co-editor of Modern Syria, as well as the author of a book on Jordanian demographic developments.
Reviews for Arab Political Demography: Population Growth, Labor Migration and Natalist Policies Revised and Expanded Third Edition
From a review of the second edition: This volume makes a valuable contribution to the Arab population policy literature by tracing the evolution of population policies in the Arab countries and by describing the factors that led to changes in these policies.
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