Population Dilemmas in the Middle East / Edition 1

by Gad G. Gilbar

Overview

This study provides a general outline of Palestinian population growth between 1948 and 1987 and then focuses on the town of Nablus for a detailed analysis of the main aspects of Palestinian migration and high rates of natural increase. 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714647067
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/31/1996
Pages:	162
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Journal of Palestine Studies - "With thirty-two tables and figures, this book is replete with useful statistics ..."



Progress in Human Geography - "The book"s strongest point is that it provides a complex picture of the factors that shape success and failure of population control policies".

Editorial Reviews

Gilbar (Middle Eastern history, U. of Haifa) offers a general outline of Palestinian population growth between 1948 and 1987, then focuses on the town of Nablus to detail the economic forces behind migrations to Jordan and the Persian Gulf in the early 1950s, the impact of recession and reduced investment in the early 1980s, and the economic squeeze that he says contributed to the eruption of the Intifada in 1987. He also describes how the Gulf War threw many Palestinians back into Jordan and how that country is coping is the pressure; and reviews population, economics, and policy in Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Paper edition (unseen), $19.50. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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