Education
Bachelor, Princeton University, 1961. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Princeton University, 2008. Doctor of Philosophy in Public Law and Government, Columbia University, 1968.
( A balance sheet of thirty years of revolutionary experi...)
A balance sheet of thirty years of revolutionary experiment, this work is a comprehensive analysis of the failure of the socialist transformation of Egypt during the regimes of Nasser and Sadat. Testing recent theories of the nature of the developing states and their relation both to indigenous class forces and to external pressures from advanced industrial societies, John Waterbury describes the limited but complex choices available to Egyptian policy-makers in their attempts to reconcile the goals of reform and capital accumulation. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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(The states of Egypt, India, Mexico, and Turkey have all d...)
The states of Egypt, India, Mexico, and Turkey have all developed extensive public enterprise sectors and have sought to regulate most economic activities outside the state sector. Their experiences have been typical of scores of developing countries that followed similar paths of industrialization. This study examines the origins of these state sectors, the dynamics of their growth and crises, and the efforts to reform or liquidate them. It is argued that public ownership creates its own culture and pathology that are similar across otherwise different systems. The logic of principal-agent relations under public ownership is so powerful that it swamps culture and peculiar institutional histories. While public sectors accumulate powerful associated interests over time, against most predictions these prove relatively powerless to block the reform process.
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(The supply and management of fresh water for the world's ...)
The supply and management of fresh water for the world's billions of inhabitants is likely to be one of the most daunting challenges of the 21st century. For countries that share river basins with others, questions of how best to use and protect precious water resources always become entangled in complex political, legal, environmental, and economic considerations. This text focuses on the issues that face all international river basins by examining in detail the Nile Basin and the ten countries that lay claim to its waters. John Waterbury applies collective action theory and international relations theory to the challenges of the ten Nile nations. Confronting issues ranging from food security and famine prevention to political stability, these countries have yet to arrive at a comprehensive understanding of how to manage the Nile's resources. Waterbury proposes a series of steps leading to the formulation of environmentally sound policies and regulations by individual states, the establishment of accords among groups of states, and the critical participation of third-party sources of funding like the World Bank. He concludes that if there is to be a solution to the dilemmas of the Nile Basin countries, it must be based upon contractual understandings, brokered by third-party funders, and based on the national interests of each basin state.
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(This text presents an analysis of the transformation of t...)
This text presents an analysis of the transformation of the political economy of the nations of the Middle East over the past several decades. Stressing the interrelation of politics and development stategies, including industrialization based on import substitution, agricultural export-led growth and oil rentier development, the authors explain how different strategies have contributed to class formation and to the definition of powerful new interests, not only within governmental structures but also within whole societies that have moved far from thier traditional agricultural base. The authors assess the impact of contending ideologies (socialism, nationalism and religious fundamentalism) on regional development, arguing that military and bureaucratic authoritarians, in transforming their societies and economies, may have created the very forces that will eventually topple them and provide for broader-based political participation. The Middle East has also been swept by war, affected by the oil boom and subjected to large flows of labour migration. Looking at how these regional and international events have affected national development, the authors create a portrait of the region's unique characteristics as well as those traits it shares with the rest of the developing world.
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political science professor writer former academic administrator
Bachelor, Princeton University, 1961. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Princeton University, 2008. Doctor of Philosophy in Public Law and Government, Columbia University, 1968.
Assistant professor political science University Michigan, 1968. Member American Universities Field Staff, Cairo, 1971—1977. Professor politics and international affairs Woodrow Wilson School Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, New Jersey, director Center International Studies.
President American University of Beirut, 1998—2008, distinguished fellow Department Public Policy and International Affairs, since 2008. Visiting professor University of Aix-Marseilles III, 1977—1978. Editor World Politics journal Princeton University, 1992—1998.
( A balance sheet of thirty years of revolutionary experi...)
(The states of Egypt, India, Mexico, and Turkey have all d...)
(The supply and management of fresh water for the world's ...)
(This text presents an analysis of the transformation of t...)
(Book by Waterbury, John)
Author: Commander of the Faithful: The Moroccan Political Elite-a Study in Segmented Politics, Volume 2, 1970, North for the Trade: The Life and Times of a Berber Merchant, 1972, Egypt: Burdens of the past, Options for the Future, 1978, Hydropolitics of the Nile Valley, 1979, Egypt of Nasser and Sadat: The Political Economy of Two Regimes, 1983, Exposed to Innumerable Delusions: Public Enterprise and State Power in Egypt, India, Mexico, and Turkey, 1993, Nile Basin: National Determinants of Collective Action, 2002. Co-editor: Patrons and Clients, 1977. Co-author: Middle East in the Coming Decade: From Wellhead to Well-Being, 1978.
Co-editor: The Political Economy of Risk and Choice in Senegal, 1987. Co-author: Political Economy of the Middle East: State, Class, and Economic Development, 1990. Co-editor: Political Economy of Public Sector Reform and Privatization, 1990, Peasants and Politics in the Modern Middle East, 1991.
Co-author: Core and Periphery: A Comprehensive Approach to Middle Eastern Water, 1997. Contributor articles to professional journals.
Fellow: American Academy Arts & Sciences.