عنوان

Fatimid institutions of learning -- Succession to rule in the Shiite caliphate -- The Ismaili da'wa in the reign of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim -- Another family of Fatimid chief Qadis : the al-Fariqis -- A Byzantine victory over the Fatimids at Alexandretta (971) -- The "crusade" of John Tzimisces in the light of new Arabic evidence -- Al-Maqrīzī and the Fatimids -- Purloined symbols of the past : the theft of souvenirs and sacred relics in the rivalry between the Abbasids and Fatimids -- "In praise of al-Ḥākim" : Greek elements in Ismaili writings on the Imamate -- Abū Tammām and his Kitab al-Shajara : a new Ismaili treatise from tenth-century Khurasan -- An Isma'ili version of the heresiography of the seventy-two erring sects -- Eternal cosmos and the womb of his

Title Proper

Fatimid institutions of learning -- Succession to rule in the Shiite caliphate -- The Ismaili da'wa in the reign of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim -- Another family of Fatimid chief Qadis : the al-Fariqis -- A Byzantine victory over the Fatimids at Alexandretta (971) -- The "crusade" of John Tzimisces in the light of new Arabic evidence -- Al-Maqrīzī and the Fatimids -- Purloined symbols of the past : the theft of souvenirs and sacred relics in the rivalry between the Abbasids and Fatimids -- "In praise of al-Ḥākim" : Greek elements in Ismaili writings on the Imamate -- Abū Tammām and his Kitab al-Shajara : a new Ismaili treatise from tenth-century Khurasan -- An Isma'ili version of the heresiography of the seventy-two erring sects -- Eternal cosmos and the womb of his

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2-12622

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realities and repercussions.

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24 cm. 1

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Paul E. Walker.

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map, geneal. table ;

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CS900

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Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.

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2-12641

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In the United States of America and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan,

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24 cm. 1

Dates

Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi.

Yarshater, Ehsan.

Communism and its demise. Real socialism. Decline and fall of socialism. The demise of communism in Central Europe. The collapse of the Soviet Union -- Shock therapy vs. gradualism. The radical reform program : a big bang. Gradual reform programs. Rent seeking : the scourge of transition. Criticism of radical reform after the Russian financial crash -- Output : slump and recovery. Sharp decline in recorded output and varied recovery. Exaggeration of the slump. Radical reform : least decline and early recovery. Late reformers : surged after 1998 -- Liberalization : the creation of a market economy. Different strategies of deregulation. Liberalization of foreign trade. Labor market policy. Combat of monopoly : gas and coal. A big bang : vital in deregulation -- From hyperinflation to financial stability. Establishing national currencies. Radical fiscal adjustment was key. Tax policy : from social democratic to liberal. Monetary policy : from loose to strict. Exchange rates : currency board or free float. Dramas of financial stabilization -- Privatization : the establishment of private property rights. Differing aims of privatization. Small-scale privatization : if started, swiftly done. Large-scale privatization : the biggest headache. Privatization of land, real estate, and housing. New enterprise development : the ultimate success. Great achievements of privatization. Vital : speed and legitimacy of property rights -- An inefficient social system. Incomes : differentiation and poverty. Life and health. Education adjusting to demand. Social transfers and pension reform. Alternative social models -- Democracy vs authoritarianism. Democratic breakthrough : critical for successful transformation. An under-reform trap. Renewed democratization : colored revolutions. Parties, electoral rules, and constitutions. How to tame the leviathan : reform of the communist state. Public opinion and ideology. Democracy and democracy aid -- From crime toward law. An explosion of crime. Attempts at building a legal system. Corruption : the bane of