Politics from Above, Politics from Below: The Middle East in the Age of Economic Reform

• Main Author: Kienle, Eberhard
• Other Authors: Pacte, Laboratoire de sciences sociales (PACTE), Université Pierre Mendès France - Grenoble 2 (UPMF)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-Sciences Po Grenoble - Institut d'études politiques de Grenoble (IEPG)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2003
• Subjects: Politics; philosophy; [SHS.SCIPO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Political science; Valentine; sami
• Online Access: https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00996811

Even today, economic liberalization is widely supposed to replace the tyranny of the state with the freedom of the individual and, therefore, the uniformity of politics from above with the liveliness and colour of politics from below. This book analyses developments in the Middle East, arriving at f...