Title:	Globalization and Geopolitics in the Middle East
Authors:	Ehteshami, Anoushiravan Anoushiravan Ehteshami
Keywords:	Globalization–Middle East.
Issue Date:	2007
Publisher:	Routledge
Description:	This book explores the impact of globalization in the greater Middle East – including North Africa – in the context of the powerful geopolitical forces at work in shaping the region today. Discussion of globalization has often neglected to consider its impact on the Middle East. However, despite the relative lack of foreign direct investment, and the dysfunctional state of trade and regional co-operation, this book shows that globalization has had an impact on the Middle East, although its character and implications have been profoundly differe other regions, geopolitics has been a critical factor in driving globalization in the Middle East. It argues that whereas elsewhere globalization has opened up the economy, society, culture and attitudes to the environment, in the Middle East it has had the opposite effect,with poor state formation, little inter-regional trade, foreign and inter-regional investment, and reassertion of traditional identities. The author also explores the many dimensions and challenges of the region’s being able to integrate fully into the globalized system. Overall, this book provides a much needed assessment of the impact of globalization on the polities, economies and social environment of the greater Middle East, in the context of the region’s position as the central site of global geopolitical competition into the twenty-first century.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/50850
ISBN:	0-203-96253-2
Appears in Collections:	African Studies

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