Oil and the political economy in the Middle East

Oil and the political economy in the Middle EastThis is the first comprehensive analysis of the Middle East political economy in response to the oil price decline in 2014. Based on a heuristic framework inspired by rentierism, the volume contains original studies on Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.

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Bulent Gokay examines Turkey’s recent remarkable political and economic transformation within the context of broader regional and global change to offer new insight into the functioning of Turkey’s political economy and the successes and failures of its ruling party’s economic management

the role of Ciutat Vella (old quarter) as a film set

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Artist Scholar is part history

The essays examine the work and careers of the greatest names of Belgian cinema and investigate its lesser-known productions and intersections with Belgian art

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graduating and employed by the contemporary art academy in the United States

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use the web as an open forum for new writing

discusses the cinematic processes of addressing the viewers

placing short-term political fluctuations in a broader historical and social context of the transformation of European and global society