The Cordon Sanitaire - A Single Law Governing Development in East Asia and the Arab World

This work compares the development experiences of East Asia and the Arab world. It posits that in view of the collapse in socialism and its ideological retreat, their development performances are intensely over determined by their modes of integration with world capital. For East Asia, it's through manufacturing of civilian-end use commodities and for the Arab World, through militarism. The book is a unique attempt approaching the topic from the theoretical angle using an analytical comparative perspective.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Introduction and background.- Chapter 2:  The higher rates of surplus through commercial exploitation.- Chapter 3: Development in the shadow of imperialism.- Chapter 4: Security and economic development.- Chapter 5: The rise of China and Closing remarks.

About the author

Ali Kadri is a Senior Fellow at the National University of Singapore and has been a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics (LSE) and Head of the Economic Analysis Section at the United Nations regional office for Western Asia. He is author of Arab Development Denied, Anthem Press, 2013.

Summary

This work compares the development experiences of East Asia and the Arab world. It posits that in view of the collapse in socialism and its ideological retreat, their development performances are intensely over determined by their modes of integration with world capital. For East Asia, it's through manufacturing of civilian-end use commodities and for the Arab World, through militarism. The book is a unique attempt approaching the topic from the theoretical angle using an analytical comparative perspective.

Product details

• Authors: Ali Kadri
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9789811048210
• ISBN: 978-981-10-4821-0
• No. of pages: 170
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 223 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 376 g
• Illustrations: XVII, 170 p.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; C, Economics, Asia, International Relations, Middle East, Politics & government, Political Science and International Studies, Economic development, Political Economy, Politics and government, International Political Economy, Development Studies, Asia—Politics and government, Asian Politics, Middle East—Politics and government, Middle Eastern Politics, Economy-wide Country Studies, Asia—Economic conditions, Asian Economics, Middle East—Economic conditions, Middle Eastern and North African Economics