John Vickers and Vincent Wright, in West EL~J-In Europe pean Politics (Oct. 1988), Gainsborough House, 11 Gainsbor-
ough Rd., London El 1 1RS England.
From London to Lisbon and Rome, West- ern Europe's political leaders have been putting more and more government-owned enterprises on the auction block during the 1980s. "Privatization" has "swept the world," exults Britain's Conser- vative finance minister, Nigel Lawson.
Yet, Vickers and Wright, both British scholars, note that...
John Vickers and Vincent Wright, in West EL~J-In Europe pean Politics (Oct. 1988), Gainsborough House, 11 Gainsbor-
ough Rd., London El 1 1RS England.
From London to Lisbon and Rome, West- ern Europe's political leaders have been putting more and more government-owned enterprises on the auction block during the 1980s. "Privatization" has "swept the world," exults Britain's Conser- vative finance minister, Nigel Lawson.
Yet, Vickers and Wright, both British scholars, note that...
Michael C. Hudson, Middle East Studies Asso-
ciation Bulletin (Dec. 1988), Dept. of Oriental Studies, Univer-
sity of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. 85721.
Nothing suggests that the young Moslem nations of the Middle East are on the verge of becoming Western-style democracies. Since the mid-1950s, the mukhabarat (authoritarian) regime has remained the norm-notably in Iraq, Syria, Saudi Ara- bia, and the Persian Gulf monarchies.
However, says Hudson, a Georgetown Arabist, Americans should not ignore...
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