Population Dilemmas in the Middle East - Essays in Political Demography and Economy

Informationen zum Autor Gad G. Gilbar Klappentext This study first offers a general outline of Palestinian population growth between 1948 and 1987, and then focuses on the town of Nablus in the early 1950s for a detailed analysis of the economic forces that instigated Palestinian migration to Jordan and the Gulf. The author shows how the recession that struck the Arab oil economies in the early 1980s, by slowing down the migratory movement, shut off the valve that had afforded the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza relief from economic pressures. When during those same years the Israeli government instigated a policy of reducing investments in these territories, the Palestinians found themselves in a no-win situation, with their economic plight forming one of the main factors for the eruption of the Intifada in December 1987. Finally, following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in July 1990, most of the 300,000 or so Palestinians who had been working there left (or were forced to leave) and made their way to Jordan. The author analyses how Jordan, in coping with the resulting demographic and economic pressures, adopted an antinatalist policy despite powerful political and social forces working against such a programme. Zusammenfassung This study provides a general outline of Palestinian population growth between 1948 and 1987 and then focuses on the town of Nablus for a detailed analysis of the main aspects of Palestinian migration and high rates of natural increase. Inhaltsverzeichnis Journal of Palestine Studies - "With thirty-two tables and figures, this book is replete with useful statistics ..."Progress in Human Geography - "The book"s strongest point is that it provides a complex picture of the factors that shape success and failure of population control policies".

Product details

• Authors: Gad Gilbar, Gad G. Gilbar, Gilbar Gad, Gilbar Gad G.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.1996
• EAN: 9780714647067
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-4706-7
• No. of pages: 162
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Middle East, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Civil rights & citizenship, Civics and citizenship, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples