The Next Arab decade : alternative futures /: alternative futures. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Hisham Sharabi.
• Other Names: Sharabi, Hisham, 1927-2005
• Contents: Introduction : patriarchy and dependency and the future of Arab society / Hisham Sharabi -- The state, democracy, and human rights. Forecast for the future : state and society in Egypt, Sudan, and Libya in 1995 / Ibrahim Ibrahim -- State, society, and legitimacy : an essay on Arab political prospects in the 1990s / Michael C. Hudson -- The future of human rights in the Arab world / Saad Eddin Ibrahim -- Democracy, development, and human rights : can women achieve change without conflict? / Nadia Hijab -- The political economy of Arab international relations. The shape of inter-Arab politics in 1995 / Rashid I. Khalidi -- Unwelcome guests : the political economy of Arab relations with the superpowers / Bahgat Korany -- The economy : breakthrough or breakdown? / The lean years : the political economy of Arab oil in the coming decade / George T. Abed -- Arab agriculture in 1995 : apocalypse or muddling through? / Alan Richards. (cont.) The prospects of technological growth in Arab societies : an analysis of the potential for progress toward technological autonomy in the Arab world, 1985-95 / Michael J. Simpson -- Cultural change, creativity, and authenticity. Challenges to Arab cultural authenticity / Issa J. Boullata -- Cultural creation in a fragmented society / Kamal Abu-Deeb -- Social transformations. Future Arab economic-demographic potential : whither policy? / Ismail A. Sirageldin -- Arab women : 1995 / Leila Ahmed -- Class structure and social change in the Arab world : 1995 / Samih K. Farsoun -- The Arab-Israeli conflict. Israel : the political economy of a garrison state and its future / Joel Beinin -- Palestinian impasse : constraints and opportunities / Naseer H. Aruri -- The implications of current trends in the Arab-Israeli military balance / Anthony H. Cordesman -- Priorities for Arab studies. Social science research and Arab studies in the coming decade / John Waterbury. (cont.) In search of a new identity of the social sciences in the Arab world : discourse, paradigm, and strategy / El Sayed Yassin -- Middle East studies in the United States : the coming decade / Judith E. Tucker -- Futurology and the study of the Arab world / Elia T. Zureik.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (347 pages)
• Subjects: 303.4/9174924; Forecasting; FUTURE STUDIES; ECONOMIC PROJECTIONS; SOCIAL CHANGE; ARAB COUNTRIES; POLITICAL ASPECTS; Politieke ontwikkeling; Sociaal-economische ontwikkeling; Toekomstverwachtingen; Aufsatzsammlung; Zukunft; Arab countries -- Forecasting; Arab countries -- Social conditions; États arabes -- Prévision; Arab countries; Arabische Staaten
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000303988; 1000303985
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.