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Social dictatorships : the political economy of the welfare state in the Middle East and North Africa

Title
Social dictatorships : the political economy of the welfare state in the Middle East and North Africa / Ferdinand Eibl.
Author
Eibl, Ferdinand, 1984-
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

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xvi, 363 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Why have social spending levels and social policy trajectories diverged so drastically across labour-abundant Middle Eastern and North African regimes? And how can we explain the marked persistence of spending levels after divergence? Using historical institutionalism and a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods Social Dictatorships: The Political Economy of the Welfare State in the Middle East and North Africa develops an explanation of social spending in authoritarian regimes. It emphasizes the importance of early elite conflict and attempts to form a durable support coalition under the constraints imposed by external threats and scarce resources.0Social Dictatorships utilizes two in-depth case studies of the political origins of the Tunisian and Egyptian welfare state to provide an empirical overview of how social policies have developed in the region, and to explain the marked differences in social policy trajectories. It follows a multi-level approach tested comparatively at the cross-country level and process-traced at micro-level by these case studies.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-341) and index.
Call Number
JFE 20-5848
ISBN
  • 0198834276
  • 9780198834274
LCCN
2019949439
OCLC
1119618016
Author
Eibl, Ferdinand, 1984- author.
Title
Social dictatorships : the political economy of the welfare state in the Middle East and North Africa / Ferdinand Eibl.
Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-341) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 20-5848
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