Britain and the Politics of Modernization in the Middle East, 1945 195

Zusammenfassung In an historically informed critique of development assistance! this book examines Britain's foreign aid programme in the Middle East in the 1940s and 1950s and raises important questions about the nature of the development process in the Middle East and Third World generally. This book was first published in 1996. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Britain, peasants and Pashas: debating approaches to modernization in the post-war Middle East; 2. Imperial dreams and delusions: the economics of promoting Middle East development; 3. The British Middle East Office and the abandonment of imperial approaches to modernization; 4. The British Middle East Office and the politics of modernization in Iran, 1945-51; 5. The British Middle East Office and the politics of modernization in Iraq, 1945-58; 6. The British Middle East Office and the politics of modernization in Jordan, 1951-8; Conclusion.

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• Authors: Paul W. T. Kingston, Paul W. T. (University of Toronto) Kingston, Paul W.t. Kingston
• Assisted by: Julia A. Clancy-Smith (Editor), Charles Tripp (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.11.2002
• EAN: 9780521894395
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89439-5
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy