Population dilemmas in the Middle East

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Population dilemmas in the Middle East

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This study first offers a general outline of Palestinian population growth between 1948 and 1987, and then focuses on the town of Nablus in the early 1950s for a detailed analysis of the economic forces that instigated Palestinian migration to Jordan and the Gulf. The author shows how the recession that struck the Arab oil economies in the early 1980s, by slowing down the migratory movement, shut off the valve that had afforded the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza relief from economic pressures.

When during those same years the Israeli government instigated a policy of reducing investments in these territories, the Palestinians found themselves in a no-win situation, with their economic plight forming one of the main factors for the eruption of the Intifada in December 1987. Finally, following Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in July 1990, most of the 300,000 or so Palestinians who had been working there left (or were forced to leave) and made their way to Jordan.

The author analyses how Jordan, in coping with the resulting demographic and economic pressures, adopted an antinatalist policy despite powerful political and social forces working against such a programme.

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F. Cass
Language
English
Pages
141

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Population Dilemmas in the Middle East
2012, Taylor & Francis Group
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Population Dilemmas in the Middle East
2012, Routledge
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Population Dilemmas in the Middle East
2012, Taylor & Francis Group
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Population Dilemmas in the Middle East
2012, Taylor & Francis Group
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Population Dilemmas in the Middle East
2012, Taylor & Francis Group
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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London

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
304.6/0956
Library of Congress
HB3633.3.A3 G55 1997, HB3633.3.A3G55 1997, HB3633.3.A3 G55 1997eb

The Physical Object

Pagination
xix, 141 p. :
Number of pages
141

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL295271M
Internet Archive
populationdilemm0000gilb
ISBN 10
0714647063, 0714642444
LCCN
97201137, gb97004911
OCLC/WorldCat
36339410, 820723042
Goodreads
5793136
3933985

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