Introduction : to name a new society in the making -- Capitalism and its future on the eve of World War I -- The American theory of organized capitalism -- The interwar critique of competitive individualism -- Talcott Parsons and the evanescence of capitalism -- The displacement of economy in an...

The contributions to this collection examine the shortcomings of the economic development policies in the MENA region before and after the Arab Spring, with particular attention to the role of gender and the ways in which policies translate into economic outcomes