Made for export : labor migration, state power, and higher education in a developing Philippine economy by Ruiz, Neil G

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Drivers and barriers to change in desalinated water governance in the GCC: a comparative approach to water privatisations in Abu Dhabi, Doha and Kuwait City by Lambert, LA

“…The political culture approach shows that these privatisations were facilitated by a gradual shift from pure rentierism towards a post-rentier form of neoliberalism in the political philosophy of liberal water technocrats on the one hand, and towards a regional trend of ‘pious neoliberalism’ (Atia, 2011) among practicing Sunni Muslims. …”

Democracy in Nigeria: the challenge of infectious disease control by Ike Anya,1 Chikwe Ihekweazu.2

“…This responsibility lies with technocrats in the Ministry of Health. Most surveillance and response activities are managed via disease specific vertical programmes, with little coordination between them, leading to inefficient use of scarce human resources. …”
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The Ratio of Development to the Territorial Concept by Seyed Amir Mansouri

“…In this reading of development, when the real concept of the land is known and its values are appreciated, dear Khuzestan will no longer witness the loss of its historical-geographical advantages against the invasion of British developers and Iranian oil technocrats. Today, rich Khuzestan has become one of the lowest regions of Iran in terms of development. …”
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Duality of Revolutionary and State-Building in the Islamic Republic; with Emphasis on the Ninth and Tenth States by Reza Nasiri Hamed, Sarouye Mazhabi

“…Such an interpretation implicitly indicated the difference between the revolutionaries and the professional technocrats of politics, such as the national-religious forces, and also introduced some dualism in the post-revolution period. …”
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