A Critical Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa

Published by Stanford University Press 2020

A Critical Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa

Edited by: Joel Beinin , Bassam Haddad and Sherene Seikaly

In the series Stanford Studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic Societies and Cultures

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503614482

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About this book

This book offers the first critical engagement with the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa. Challenging conventional wisdom on the origins and contemporary dynamics of capitalism in the region, these cutting-edge essays demonstrate how critical political economy can illuminate both historical and contemporary dynamics of the region and contribute to wider political economy debates from the vantage point of the Middle East.

Leading scholars, representing several disciplines, contribute both thematic and country-specific analyses. Their writings critically examine major issues in political economy—notably, the mutual constitution of states, markets, and classes; the co-constitution of class, race, gender, and other forms of identity; varying modes of capital accumulation and the legal, political, and cultural forms of their regulation; relations among local, national, and global forms of capital, class, and culture; technopolitics; the role of war in the constitution of states and classes; and practices and cultures of domination and resistance.

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Author information

Joel Beinin is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, Emeritus, at Stanford University. Bassam Haddad is Associate Professor at the Schar School for Policy and Government at George Mason University. Sherene Seikaly is Associate Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Reviews

James Gelvin:
"A thorough and timely collection of essays by some of the top practitioners of Middle East political economy, this book lays bare the human insecurity that is at the root of much of the discontent in the region."

Brandon Wolfe-Hunnicutt, California State University:
"This new canonical text will open pathways for research and make the job of educators infinitely easier by reasserting the enduring value of political economy. For too long scholarship has been enchanted by the shibboleths of orientalism and modernization theory—now there is a better way. A tour de force synthesis."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Joel Beinin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1. Categories of Analysis
1 Landed Property, Capital Accumulation, and Polymorphous Capitalism: Egypt and the Levant Kristen Alff Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
2 State, Market, and Class: Egypt, Syria, and Tunisia Max Ajl, Bassam Haddad and Zeinab Abul-Magd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
3 Ten Propositions on Oil Timothy Mitchell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
4 Regional Militaries and the Global Military-Industrial Complex Shana Marshall Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
Part 2. Country/Regional Studies
5 Rethinking Class and State in the Gulf Cooperation Council Adam Hanieh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
6 Capitalism in Egypt, Not Egyptian Capitalism Aaron Jakes and Ahmad Shokr Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
7 State, Oil, and War in the Formation of Iraq Nida Alahmad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
8 Colonial Capitalism and Imperial Myth in French North Africa Muriam Haleh Davis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
9 Lebanon Beyond Exceptionalism Ziad M. Abu-Rish Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
Chapter 10 The US-Israeli Alliance Joel Beinin Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
11 Repercussions of Colonialism in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Samia Al-Botmeh Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Selected Readings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	321

Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 344
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 4
Keywords: capitalism; private property; neoliberalism; oil; imperialism; Rentier State Theory; development; class analysis; civilizing mission

eBook

Published: December 22, 2020
ISBN: 9781503614482