A New Arab Social Contract?: Institutional Perspectives for Economic Reform in Arab Countries

by Maximilian Benner

Book Overview

This monograph offers a unique conceptual bridge between economic geography and Middle Eastern political economy. Arab economies are confronted with enormous structural difficulties such as high rates of youth unemployment in a challenging demographic context, exacerbated by intense spatial disparities. These structural problems demonstrate the breakdown of the "Arab social contract", a social arrangement centered on a strong role of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030192725
• ISBN13: 9783030192723
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"