Political Economy of the Middle East & North Africa


MENA-politics (Middle East & North Africa politics resources)

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Are MENA states as presently configured capable of implementing innovative and rewarding development strategies? How are they integrating into the global economy, and with what political as well as economic consequences? This seminar will survey theories and practices of economic development in the Middle East and North Africa. The guidelines of the "Washington Consensus," evolving into a new "Barcelona Consensus" shared by development economists of the United States, the European Community, and international financial in stitutions, will be analyzed in light of the region's political and economic realities and contrasted with other approaches to development articulated by regional and international actors. Special attention will be paid to the evolution of financial systems in the region.

You will acquire detailed understandings of at least two regimes and their respective approaches to economic development in light of their regional and international positions and domestic political strategies.


Last updated Sept 1, 2010
Department of Government, College of Liberal Arts, University of Texas at Austin.
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