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.
Questions, Comments, and Suggestions to
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