Eruptions of Popular Anger : The Economics of the Arab Spring and Its Aftermath.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Overview -- Three Puzzles -- Summary of Findings -- PART 1 The "Arab Inequality" Puzzle -- 1 Economic Inequality: Measurement and Biases -- Introduction -- Income Inequality -- Wealth Inequality -- 2 Welfare Dynamics: Definitions and Measurement -- Introduction -- Defining the Middle Class -- Synthetic Panel Method -- Welfare Dynamics -- PART 2 The "Unhappy Development" Syndrome -- 3 Dissatisfaction with Life: Subjective Data Analysis -- Introduction -- Subjective Well-Being versus Monetary Welfare Measures -- Measuring Life Satisfaction -- Dissatisfaction with Life in Arab Countries -- 4 Subjective Well-Being Dynamics -- Introduction -- Objective and Subjective Well-Being: Mixed Evidence -- Subjective Well-Being Dynamics with Synthetic Panels -- 5 Symptoms of a Broken Social Contract -- Introduction -- A Broken Social Contract -- Major Grievances behind the Arab Unhappiness -- PART 3 The Paradox of "Political Violence in Middle-Income Countries" -- 6 Arab Spring Protestors and Protests -- Introduction -- The Profile of Arab Spring Protestors -- Arab Spring Protests and Riots -- 7 The Aftermath of the Arab Spring -- Introduction -- State Responses to the Arab Spring -- Foreign Interventions, Identity-Based Polarization, and High-Intensity Civil Wars -- Overlapping Horizontal Divisions -- What Explains the Arab Paradox of "Political Violence in Middle-Income Countries"? -- 8 Development Consequences and Policy Implications -- Development Consequences -- Toward a New Social Contract and Governance Model -- Box -- 2.1 Assumptions Underpinning the Synthetic Panel Approach -- Figures -- O.1 Political Instability Index, 2003-12 -- O.2 Annual Economic Output Growth, 2005-10 -- O.3 Poverty Rates.

O.4 Expenditure Inequality, over Time and across the World -- O.5 Shared Prosperity -- O.6 Profile of the Arab Spring Protestors -- O.7 Reasons for Arab Spring Based on Views in Developing MENA -- O.8 Dissatisfaction with Government Services in Arab Spring Countries -- O.9 Reversal of Fortunes in Developing MENA -- O.10 Institutional Quality in Arab Economies, 2010 -- P1.1 Inequality, over Time and across the World -- 1.1 The Arab Region's Development Context -- 1.2 Comparisons of Expenditure Inequality in Developing MENA -- 1.3 Inequality in Subjective Well-Being, 2006-09 -- 1.4 Wealth Concentrated in the Hands of Billionaires -- 1.5 Offshore Bank Deposits in Tax Havens -- 2.1 Pre-Arab Spring Welfare Dynamics across Income Groups, by Economy -- 2.2 Region-Wide Welfare Dynamics Using Monetary Measures by Population Group, before 2010 -- P2.1 Satisfaction with Life and GDP per Capita, 2007-10 -- P2.2 Change in Satisfaction with Life and GDP Growth, 2007-10 -- P2.3 Inequality in Subjective Well-Being, 2006-09 -- 3.1 Distribution of Individual Life Satisfaction Scores in Developing MENA, 2009-10 -- 3.2 Distribution of Life Satisfaction, by Economy -- 3.3 Average Life Evaluation, by Welfare Group and Country -- 3.4 Average Life Evaluation, by Income Class and Location, 2009-10 -- 3.5 Average Life Evaluation, by Country, Type of Job, and Occupation -- 4.1 Dissatisfaction Rates, by Country, 2007-12 -- 4.2 Share of Satisfied Individuals in Total Population, 2005-12 -- 4.3 Subjective Well-Being Dynamics, by Country, 2009-12 -- 4.4 Subjective Well-Being Dynamics in Arab Spring Countries and Other Arab Countries, by Population Group, 2007-12 -- 5.1 Distribution of Employment -- 5.2 Allocation of Public Expenditures -- 5.3 Voice and Accountability and GDP per Capita, 2010 -- 5.4 Unemployment Rates -- 5.5 Female Labor Force Participation Rates.

5.6 Net Job Creation in Tunisia, 1996-2010 -- 5.7 Learning Outcomes: PISA Math Scores in Relation to GDP per Capita -- 5.8 Effects of Different Domains on Life Satisfaction in Developing MENA -- 5.9 Reasons for Arab Spring Based on Views in Developing MENA -- 5.10 Dissatisfaction with Government Services -- 6.1 The Profile of the Arab Spring Protestors -- 6.2 Incidence of Protests and Riots in Developing MENA -- 6.3 Participation in Protests and Riots in Developing MENA, 2011-12 -- 6.4 Intensity of Protests and Riots in Developing MENA, 2011 -- 6.5 Population Supporting Protestors' Calls for Political Change -- 6.6 Reasons for Not Participating in the Arab Spring Protests, by Economy -- 6.7 Reasons for Not Participating in the Arab Spring Protests, by Welfare Group and Country -- 7.1 Quality of Governance Institutions in Arab Economies, 2010 -- 7.2 Incidence of Individuals Who Morally Justify Attacks Targeting Civilians, by Region -- 7.3 Marginal Effect of External Intervention on Probability of Conflict -- 7.4 Decomposition of Expenditure Inequality, by Household Attributes -- 7.5 Ethnic Inequality and Spatial Inequality -- 7.6 Economic Development and Institutional Quality -- 8.1 Reversal of Fortunes in Developing MENA -- 8.2 Rates of Suffering in Arab Economies -- Maps -- 4.1 Changes in Subjective Well-Being, 2009-10 -- 4.2 Subjective Well-Being Change, Top 60 Percent to Bottom 40 Percent, 2009-10 -- Tables -- O.1 Annual Growth in Mean Consumption, by Income Group before 2010 -- O.2 Evidence of Elite Capture in Tunisia: Ben Ali Family's Share -- 1.1 Survey Years and Poverty Rates at 2/day in 2005 PPP -- 1.2 Estimates of Consumption and Income Inequality Indexes for Urban Egypt, Fiscal Year 2008/09 -- 1.3 Correlation between the Ratio of Haven Deposits to GDP and the Gini Coefficient.

2.1 Thresholds for Welfare Categories, First Pre-Arab Spring Survey Round -- 2.2 Population Shares, by Welfare Category Using Vulnerability Line, First Pre-Arab Spring Survey Round -- 2.3 Pre-Arab Spring Changes in Poverty over Time -- 2.4 Pre-Arab Spring Changes in the Size of Welfare Categories Defined Using the First Definition -- 2.5 Pre-Arab Spring Changes in the Size of Welfare Categories Defined Using the Second Definition -- 2.6 Population Shares by Welfare Category Using Vulnerability Line, Second Pre-Arab Spring Survey Round Period -- 2.7 Pre-Arab Spring Annual Growth in Mean Consumption, by Welfare Category -- 4.1 Change in the Size of Subjective Well-Being Categories, 2009-12 -- 4.2 Subjective Well-Being Transition Dynamics with Synthetic Panels -- 5.1 Evidence of Elite Capture in Tunisia: Ben Ali Family's Share -- P3.1 Average Indicators of External Intervention, Conflict, and Polarization.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.