This integrated, analytic text presents a comprehensive analysis transformation and development of the political economy in the Middle East over the past several decades. In this updated third edition of A Political Economy of the Middle East, the book retains its focus on the interaction of economic development processes, state systems, and social actors even as it also:?Documents the many changes in demography, education, labor markets, urbanization, water and agriculture, and international labor migration in the Middle East in recent years;?Considers the effect of rising oil prices on reinforcement of authoritarian governance in the region;?Refines its assessment of “the Washington Consensus” to provide a more nuanced approach to the issue of the shifting balance of state and market in economic growth and reform;?Presents Islamism as a vital force in the region that is nonetheless a vast, diverse social movement with many conflicting participants;?Explores the impact of the Arab Spring and subsequent events to the issues raised throughout the textbook in a wholly new chapter.

1 INTRODUCTION 2 THE FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDY 3 ECONOMIC GROWTH AND STRUCTURAL CHANGE 4 THE IMPACT OF DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE 5 HUMAN CAPITAL: HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND LABOR MARKETS 6 WATER AND FOOD SECURITY 7 THE EMERGENCE OF THE PUBLIC SECTOR 8 CONTRADICTIONS OF STATE-LED GROWTH 9 RE-MIXING MARKET AND STATE: THE UNCERTAIN CAREER OF THE "WASHINGTON CONSENSUS" 10 URBAN POLITICAL ECONOMY 11 POLITICAL REGIMES: AS VIEWED BY THEMSELVES AND OTHERS 12 SOLIDARISM AND ITS ENEMIES 13 THE MILITARY AND THE STATE 14 IS ISLAM THE SOLUTION? 15 REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND LABOR MIGRATION 16 CONCLUSION References Index