Author: Rana Jawad
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2019
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1786431998
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book presents a state of the art in the developing field of social policy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. It offers an up-to-date conceptual analysis of social policy programmes and discourses in the MENA region by critically reviewing the range of social insurance and social assistance schemes that are currently in existence there. It also analyses and offers suggestions on which of these policies can positively impact the region’s advancement in terms of human development and in addressing social and economic inequalities and exclusion.
Author: Ali Akbar Tajmazinani
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020-12-18
Total Pages: 339
ISBN-13: 3030577538
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book examines social policy in Muslim countries across the world and the status and role of Islamic teachings in such policies. It fills a gap in the literature by reviewing and comparing the experience of several Muslim countries from across the world. The existing social policy literature lacks a comprehensive appraisal of the social policy scene in Muslim societies, especially from a comparative perspective. This book will be of interest to a wide audience in the academic and policy forums related to and interested in Muslim societies and communities.
Author: United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
Publisher:
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 9789211282979
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This publication sets out an analysis of social policies in Arab countries, and other countries at different stages of development (including Canada and Norway, Malaysia and Tunisia) selected for comparative purposes, in order to identify effective integrated policy approaches. Issues discussed include: the meaning of social policy and societal development; social policy in the context of values, ideologies and structures; specific issues such as economic and political development, poverty and inequality, education and health, the status of women and environmental issues; and policy models.
Author: Sari Hanafi
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-12-22
Total Pages: 354
ISBN-13: 1317364104
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Over recent decades we have witnessed the globalization of research. However, this has yet to translate into a worldwide scientific network, across which competencies and resources can flow freely. Arab countries have strived to join this globalized world and become a ‘knowledge economy,’ yet little time has been invested in the region’s fragmented scientific institutions; institutions that should provide opportunities for individuals to step out on the global stage. Knowledge Production in the Arab World investigates research practices in the Arab world, using multiple case studies from the region with particular focus on Lebanon and Jordan. It depicts the Janus-like face of Arab research, poised between the negative and the positive and faced with two potentially opposing strands; local relevance alongside its internationalization. The book critically assesses the role and dynamics of research and poses questions that are crucial to further our understanding of the very particular case of knowledge production in the Arab region. The book explores research’s relevance and whom it serves, as well as the methodological flaws behind academic rankings and the meaning and application of key concepts such as knowledge society/economy. Providing a detailed and comprehensive examination of knowledge production in the Arab world, this book is of interest to students, scholars and policy makers working on the issues of research practices and status of science in contemporary developing countries.
Author: Massoud Karshenas
Publisher: Social Policy in a Development
Published: 2006-01-20
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides political and economic perspectives on social policy and its evolution in countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Chapters on Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia analyze its origins in populist or modernizing state activities, its decline in the era of neoliberalism and prospects for its renewal in a democratizing and development context. This book uniquely provides historical and comparative data and a gender analysis of social policy that will be of relevance to specialists in social policy, development and the Middle East.
Author: Anis B. Brik
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2024-06-05
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 1035312697
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. Public Policy in the Arab World dissects the layered social, economic, and governance issues that define the Middle East and Northern African (MENA) region. Paying special attention to the Arab Spring protests and the COVID-19 pandemic, this insightful book takes an interdisciplinary approach to examining governance capacity, legitimacy, and the challenges encountered in crisis response.
Author: Barsoum, Ghada
Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
Published: 2019-11-14
Total Pages: 38
ISBN-13: 923100350X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Taher Hamdi Kanaan
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
Published: 1997-04-11
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781557756053
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The papers presented in this volume edited by Taher H. Kanaan - the eighth in a series of seminars sponsored by the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, the Arab Monetary Fund, the IMF, and the World Bank - explore the relationship between economic reforms, growth, employment, and social sector performance. Topics discussed include the political and social dimensions of policies privatization in the social sectors, social safety nets, poverty and the poor, and women, poverty, and population growth.
Author: Jamil Jreisat
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-03-22
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1317245946
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book, first published in 1986, examines the literature on administration, human resources and development in the Arab world. It emphasizes contemporary societies and their internal dynamics, the least known and most critical aspects of Arabic studies.