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Abbas Abdelkarim

This book analyses some important social, economic and political processes of change, stagnation and development in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council as a result of oil revenue. Part I addresses the impact of oil in redefining the distributive role of the state and in shaping economic policies. Lack of population policies, problems of national human resources development and the slow change in gender relations is presented in part II with reference to some country experiences. Part III deals with the impact of the Gulf War on causing limited change in the regional political systems and in raising security fears which have led to a huge increase in the already high military expenditure.

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Jomo K.S

"One of two self-contained companion volumes, this unusual collection surveys the transformation of the major regions of the South, during the course of the 'long twentieth century'. Individual essays examine the transformation of particular regions of the South, highlighting not only the uneven development in the region, but also the unequal relations between North and South, often, but not necessarily, associated with political dimensions during the period from the mid-nineteenth century to the present."--BOOK JACKET.

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W. James Antle III

Washington D.C. political reporter W. James Antle shares the inside story of how Americans exchanged the liberating vision of Ronald Reagan for Obama's promise of an ever-expanding welfare state--Adapted from Jacket.

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Marc Blecher

Marc Blecher's widely acclaimed critical survey of modern China, China: Politics, Economics and Society - Iconoclasm and Innovation in a Revolutionary Socialist Country, was published in 1986. Since that time there have been enormously wide and deep changes in China. Rather than just revising and updating his existing book, Professor Blecher has written a new work. Like its predecessor, it offers an interpretive survey of China's revolution, its sustained experiment with radical state socialism, and its efforts at equally radical structural reform. The approach remains interdisciplinary, weaving together history, politics, society, economics and culture. Though written for readers with no particular background in Chinese affairs, it goes beyond being just an introduction, offering arguments and analyses informed by social science theory and by a comparative perspective. It is a work that both informs and challenges.