Economic Liberalization and Authoritarianism : A Comparative Political Economy of Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, and Morocco, 1950-2011 Paperback / softback
by Christian Neugebauer
Part of the Politik und Gesellschaft des Nahen Ostens series
Paperback / softback
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Contrary to other world regions, political regimes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remain largely authoritarian.
While the search for explanations is still ongoing, Christian Neugebauer draws attention to a hitherto underresearched factor: economic liberalization.
Being part of a global shift from state-led development towards structural adjustment in the economy, these policies also deeply affected the countries of the MENA region.
This makes the resilience of authoritarianism in the region all the more puzzling, as a large part of the scientific community expected economic liberalization to undermine authoritarian regimes.
Neugebauer strives to solve the puzzle with a comparative case study that covers four countries (Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, and Morocco) and their political regimes, from independence in the 1950s to the Arab Spring in 2011.
He shows that two specific policies of economic liberalization might in fact have been relevant for regime stability: consumer-price liberalization and privatization.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:653 pages, 4 Illustrations, black and white; XVIII, 653 p. 4 illus.
- Publisher:Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
- Publication Date:01/12/2021
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- ISBN:9783658356385
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:653 pages, 4 Illustrations, black and white; XVIII, 653 p. 4 illus.
- Publisher:Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
- Publication Date:01/12/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9783658356385
