Economic Development and Political Action in the Arab World - Salih, Mohamed Abdel Rahim M. (Routledge, 2014)
An alchemy of economic and political action – State-building and state-society relations – Elements of resource challenges – Politics of resource conflicts – Quiescence : regime type and government expenditure – Paradigm error : unemployment, poverty and food insecurity – Whither democracy and human rights : European-Mediterranean partnership? – Divine altruism : politics of Islamic NGOs' interventions