Postgraduate Module Descriptor


ARAM244: Politics and Economics of the Middle East

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Brown, Nathan (2001) Constitutions in a Nonconstitutional World. New York: State University of New York Press.

 

Cavatorta, Francesco and Lise Storm (eds) (2018) Political Parties in the Arab World. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

 

Diwan, Ishac, Adeel Malik and Izak Atiyas (eds) (2019) Crony Capitalism in the Middle East. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

 

Hinnebusch, Raymond and Jasmine Gani (eds) (2019) The Routledge Handbook to the Middle East and North African State and States System. London: Routledge.

 

Krishnan, Nandini, Gabriel Lara Ibarra, Ambar Narayan, Sailesh Tiwari and Tara Vishwanath (2016) Uneven Odds, Unequal Outcomes: Inequality of Opportunity in the Arab Region. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.

 

Levitsky, Steven and Lucan Way (2011) Competitive Authoritarianism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.