Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-248) and index.
Introduction / J.W. Wright, Jr. -- Arab-Israeli relations in a new Middle East order : the politics of economic cooperation / Laura Drake -- Competing trade agendas in the Arab-Israeli peace process : a case studies approach / J.W. Wright, Jr. -- The impermanent war economy? : peace dividends and capital accumulation in Israel / Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler -- The Israeli dilemma over economic discrimination and labor-market competition / Noah Lewin-Epstein and Moshe Semoyanov, with J.W. Wright, Jr. -- Human rights violations as an obstacle to economic development : restrictions on movement in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip / Fatemeh Ziai -- Embedding social structure in technological infrastructure : constructing regional social capital for a sustainable peace in the Middle East / Shaul M. Gabbay and Amy J. Stein -- Lebanon, Syria, and the Middle East peace process : reconstructing viable economies / Imad Harb -- Internal and external constraints on Saudi Arabian economic growth : the role of defense expenditures and remittances / Robert E. Looney -- Epilogue : from cold war to cold peace : thoughts on the future of the peace process and the political economy of Middle East trade / George Wilson