The framework of the study
Economic growth and structural transformation
State structure and development policy
Structural transformation and interest formation
Defensive modernization and colonial transformation
Economic growth and structural change
The natural resource base
Oil supply, demand, and economic rents
Patterns of economic growth
The impact of demographic change
Comparative demographic patterns
The economic consequences of demographic change
The politics of young populations
The politics of differential fertility
Rapid population growth and the would-be middle class
Human capital: health, education, and labor markets
Policy constraints to output growth
Water and the imperative of a new food security strategy
The emergence of the public sector
The State as architect of structural transformation
Ataturk and the Turkish paradigm
State capitalism, the state bourgeoisie, and the process of accumulation
Contradictions of state-led growth
The continued dominance of public-sector enterprise
The political economy of "structural adjustment"
Remixing market and state: the uncertain career of the "Washington consensus"
A survey of country experiences
The process of urbanization
Housing and infrastructure
Poverty and distribution of income
Urban politics and political violence
Political regimes as viewed by themselves and others
Established and would-be democracies
Future regimes: some speculations
Solidarism and its enemies
Small groups and clientelist politics
Democracy without democrats?
The military and the state
The military in Middle East politics
The economic weight of the military
The military and nation building
The regular military and civilians-in-arms
Islamism as a social movement: coalitions of social actors
Islamism as a social movement: collective action
Islamist economic thought and practice
Regional economic integration and labor migration
Labor migration: an overview
The first stream: to the European Union
The second stream: to the Gulf
The impact of labor migration on sending countries
The impact of migration on receiving countries.
