Dar al Islam--the Mediterranean, the world system and the wider Europe : the chain of peripheries and the new wider Europe

Title

Dar al Islam--the Mediterranean, the world system and the wider Europe : the chain of peripheries and the new wider Europe / Peter Herrmann and Arno Tausch, editors.

Published

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2004.

Description

xiii, 298 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.

Subjects

European Union.

European Union > Membership.

European Union > Mediterranean Region.

European Union > Islamic countries.

Also Listed Under

Herrmann, Peter, 1955-

Tausch, Arno, 1951-

Contents

Ch. 1. Supping with the devil without a long spoon : the history of the ACP-EU partnership / Kunibert Raffer

Ch. 2. A chain of internal peripheries along the old Muslim-Christian borders or : why is Europe's south poor? / Hans-Heinrich Nolte

Ch. 3. The effects of European integration on economic growth and convergence of its member countries / Patrick Ziltener

Ch. 4. Beyond the Washington consensus : a quantitative reflection on the world economic and world political conditions of Turkish EU-accession / Arno Tausch

Ch. 5. Globalization and Islam : an economist's perspective / S. Mansoob Murshed

Ch. 6. Growth, institutions and poverty : the MENA perspective / Syed M. Ahsan

Ch. 7. Fukuyama's dream, Huntington's nightmare and a grassroots reverie / David Skidmore

Ch. 8. Arab unemployment as a world-system problem / Gernot Kohler

Ch. 9. Does the 'war against terrorism' prove the 'clash of civilizations' right? : some evidence / John R. Oneal and Bruce Russett

Ch. 10. Laying the groundwork for a common future : the first declaration of Alexandria-in the name of God who is almighty / Peter Herrmann and Arno Tausch

Ch. 11. Document and data appendix.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language

English

LCCN

2005001539

ISBN

1594542872 (hardcover)

Format

Book