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Arab Development Denied: Dynamics of Accumulation by Wars of Encroachment

By Ali Kadri

Book information

Publisher
Anthem Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9781783082674, 1783082674
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
59 MB (61879396 bytes)
Pages
270\270
Time added
2022-04-25 18:07:39

Description

Ali Kadri examines how over the last three decades the Arab world has undergone a process of developmental descent, or de-development. Driven by their own class proclivity and as a result of successive defeats in wars, loss of security and sovereignty, Arab ruling classes have metamorphosed into fully compradorial classes that have relinquished autonomy over policy. The neoliberal policies adopted since the early eighties are not developmental policies, but the terms of surrender by which Arab resources human or otherwise are stifled or usurped. Kadri attributes the Arab world’s developmental failure not only to imperialist hegemony over oil, but also to the rising role of financialisation, which goes hand in hand with the wars of encroachment that strip the Arab world of its resources.

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