Jordan Since 1989: A Study in Political Economy

by Warwick Knowles

Overview

Jordan Since 1989 is the first major work in political economy to study the impact of the 1989 IMF intervention and the changes that it has wrought upon the Jordanian economy. Knowles argues that the blurring of boundaries between the public and private sector has significantly affected the success of IMF and World Bank policies in Jordan which are predicated upon a clear distinction between these sectors. Furthermore Jordan's move from an economy that is dependent upon outside economic assistance to one that is dependent upon remittances has affected the power of the country's elite which hitherto depended on access to and control of aid.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781850436331
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	02/25/2005
Series:	Library of Modern Middle East Studies , #47
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.33(w) x 9.31(h) x 1.15(d)

About the Author

Warwick Knowles is Lecturer in Political Economy of the Middle East at the Univeristy of Durham's Institute of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
• List of Figures
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Rentier Theory
• Changing Patterns of Rent: 1921-1989
• State-Private Sector Relations: 1921-1989
• The Changing Face of Rentierism: 1989-2002
• Donor Community Involvement: 1989-2000
• State, Rentier Elite and Conditionality: 1989-2002
• The State-Market Interface
• Concluding Comments
• Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

"A major text for any Jordan specialist or any political economist of the Middle East and will be of profound interest to international political economists in general."—Emma Murphy, University of Durham

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