A Critical Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa (Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures)

This book offers the first critical engagement with the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa. Challenging conventional wisdom on the origins and contemporary dynamics of capitalism in the region, these cutting-edge essays demonstrate how critical political economy can illuminate both historical and contemporary dynamics of the region and contribute to wider political economy debates from the vantage point of the Middle East. Leading scholars, representing several disciplines, contribute both thematic and country-specific analyses. Their writings critically examine major issues in political economy—notably, the mutual constitution of states, markets, and classes; the co-constitution of class, race, gender, and other forms of identity; varying modes of capital accumulation and the legal, political, and cultural forms of their regulation; relations among local, national, and global forms of capital, class, and culture; technopolitics; the role of war in the constitution of states and classes; and practices and cultures of domination and resistance. Visit [politicaleconomyproject.org](http://www.politicaleconomyproject.org/book1.html) for additional media and learning resources. "This book offers the first critical engagement with the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa. Challenging conventional wisdom on the origins and contemporary dynamics of capitalism in the region, these cutting-edge essays demonstrate how critical political economy can illuminate both historical and contemporary dynamics of the region and contribute to wider political economy debates from the vantage point of the Middle East. Leading scholars, representing several disciplines, contribute both thematic and country-specific analyses. Their writings critically examine major issues in political economy-notably, the mutual constitution of states, markets, and classes; the co-constitution of class, race, gender, and other forms of identity; varying modes of capital accumulation and the legal, political, and cultural forms of their regulation; relations among local, national, and global forms of capital, class, and culture; technopolitics; the role of war in the constitution of states and classes; and practices and cultures of domination and resistance"-- Provided by publisher Cover Contents List of Contributors Introduction PART 1. CATEGORIES OF ANAlYSIS 1 Landed Property, Capital Accumulation, and Polymorphous Capitalism: Egypt and the Levant 2 State, Market, and Class: Egypt, Syria, and Tunisia 3 Ten Propositions on Oil 4 Regional Militaries and the Global Military-Industrial Complex PART 2. COUNTRY/REGIONAL STUDIES 5 Rethinking Class and State in the Gulf Cooperation Council 6 Capitalism in Egypt, Not Egyptian Capitalism 7 State, Oil, and War in the Formation of Iraq 8 Colonial Capitalism and Imperial Myth in French North Africa 9 Lebanon Beyond Exceptionalism 10 The US-Israeli Alliance 11 Repercussions of Colonialism in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Notes Selected Readings Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z