Social Dictatorships
The Political Economy of the Welfare State in the Middle East and North Africa
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 27 February 2020
- ISBN 9780198834274
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages380 pages
- Size 240x160x25 mm
- Weight 704 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book provides an overview of welfare provision and social policies in authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and North Africa.
MoreLong description:
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.
Social 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.
This will be required reading for many graduate students of political economy.
Table of Contents:
Welfare states in the Middle East and North Africa: Puzzles and answers
Welfare efforts in comparative perspective
Divergent paths: The coalitional origin of authoritarian welfare states
Social pacts over time
Tunisia: An authoritarian welfare state
Egypt: Between warfare and welfare
MENA welfare states: Explanations and broader implications
Appendix
Appendix A: Introduction
Appendix B: Social pacts over time
Appendix C: Tunisia
Appendix D: Egypt
Appendix E: List of interviews in order of appearance
