Political Economy of the MENA Region: A Pluralist Approach

Session Submission Type: In-Person Full Paper Panel

Session Description

Subscribing to the theme of this annual meeting, the [insert name] panel aims to propose a pluralist approach to the study of political economies in the MENA region. Using comparative historical analyses, survey and experimental methods, as well as social network analysis, the papers presented contribute to theoretical discussions on rentierism, power-sharing, and institutional organization. Their authors take into consideration the plurality of economic actors in the region–from tax-payers and authoritarian regimes to colonial powers and business-owners–thus offering unique insights into the empirical cases of Algeria, Tunisia, and Egypt. In an increasingly inaccessible region, the work highlighted in this panel demonstrates possibilities for overcoming data scarcity and producing rigorous research using original data.

Sub Unit

• Division 57: Middle East and North African Politics

Individual Presentations

• Intra-Elite Conflict and Demands for Power-Sharing: Evidence from Khedival Egypt (Pre-Recorded) - Allison Spencer Hartnett, University of Southern California; Mohamed Saleh, University of Toulouse Capitole

• Reproducing Embeddedness: Colonial and Post-Colonial French Networks in Tunisia - Mohamed-Dhia Hammami, Maxwell School, Syracuse University

• Resource Extraction and Protest in Tunisia (Pre-Recorded) - Dina Bishara, Cornell University; Chantal Berman, Georgetown University

• Religious Cycles of Government Responsiveness - Ahmed Mohamed, Columbia University

Chair

• Amr Ismail Adly American University in Cairo

Discussant

• Alexandra Domike Blackman Cornell University