TY - BOOK AU - Glasser,Bradley Louis TI - Economic development and political reform: impact of external capital on the Middle East SN - 1858989272 AV - HC415.15 .G58 2001 U1 - 338.956009048 21 PY - 2001///] CY - Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA PB - E. Elgar KW - Middle East KW - Economic conditions KW - 1979- KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references ( p. 130-139) and index; Contents: 1. Understanding the Impact of Exogenous Revenues on Political and Economic Reforms 2. The Quest for Economic Heterodoxy in the Middle East 3. The Relationship between Economic and Political Development in the Middle East: A Narrative Political Economy 4. Electoral Controls and Alliances: The Position of the Business Elite and the Center-right in the Parliament 5. Foreign Aid and Reform: The Diverging Paths of Egypt and Jordan in the 1990s 6. Distinctive Development Trajectories in the Middle East Bibliography Index N2 - Economic Development and Political Reform addresses critical trends in the Middle Eastern political economy in the 1980s and 1990s and builds upon the cross-regional political science literature concerning political and economic reforms in the developing world ER -