LEADER 04030nam 22006375 450 001 9910522929503321 005 20230810224834.0 010 $a9783658356392$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783658356385 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-658-35639-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6819098 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6819098 035 $a(CKB)19956414600041 035 $a(OCoLC)1287136332 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-658-35639-2 035 $a(EXLCZ)9919956414600041 100 $a20211129d2022 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aEconomic Liberalization and Authoritarianism $eA Comparative Political Economy of Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, and Morocco, 1950-2011 /$fby Christian Neugebauer 205 $a1st ed. 2022. 210 1$aWiesbaden :$cSpringer Fachmedien Wiesbaden :$cImprint: Springer VS,$d2022. 215 $a1 online resource (668 pages) 225 1 $aPolitik und Gesellschaft des Nahen Ostens,$x2626-2258 311 08$aPrint version: Neugebauer, Christian Economic Liberalization and Authoritarianism Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH,c2022 9783658356385 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aIntroduction -- Key terms -- Theory and state of the art -- Theoretical model and hypotheses -- Epistemology, methodology, methods -- Empirical analysis?Economic liberalization and the stability of authoritarian regimes in resource-poor countries of the MENA region: Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, and Morocco,1950?2011 -- Conclusion. 330 $aContrary to other world regions, political regimes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) remain largely authoritarian. While the search for explanations is still ongoing, Christian Neugebauer draws attention to a hitherto underresearched factor: economic liberalization. Being part of a global shift from state-led development towards structural adjustment in the economy, these policies also deeply affected the countries of the MENA region. This makes the resilience of authoritarianism in the region all the more puzzling, as a large part of the scientific community expected economic liberalization to undermine authoritarian regimes. Neugebauer strives to solve the puzzle with a comparative case study that covers four countries (Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, and Morocco) and their political regimes, from independence in the 1950s to the Arab Spring in 2011. He shows that two specific policies of economic liberalization might in fact have been relevant for regime stability: consumer-price liberalization and privatization. About the author Christian Neugebauer was a PhD candidate and lecturer in political economy of the Middle East and North Africa at the Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS), University of Marburg, Germany. He currently works as a regional expert (Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey) for an institution of the private economy. . 410 0$aPolitik und Gesellschaft des Nahen Ostens,$x2626-2258 606 $aMiddle East$xPolitics and government 606 $aAfrica$xPolitics and government 606 $aInternational economic relations 606 $aComparative government 606 $aMiddle Eastern Politics 606 $aAfrican Politics 606 $aInternational Political Economy? 606 $aComparative Politics 615 0$aMiddle East$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aAfrica$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aInternational economic relations. 615 0$aComparative government. 615 14$aMiddle Eastern Politics. 615 24$aAfrican Politics. 615 24$aInternational Political Economy?. 615 24$aComparative Politics. 676 $a338.956 700 $aNeugebauer$b Christian$01080605 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910522929503321 996 $aEconomic Liberalization and Authoritarianism$92593912 997 $aUNINA