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Seminar
SoSe 16: Globalization and Development in West Asia and North Africa
Ali Fathollah-Nejad
Kommentar
The West Asia and North Africa region (often referred to as the “Middle East”) continues to be the centre of attention internationally for its economics, politics and its geographic location. This course focuses on the impact of globalization on the region’s political, economic and social dynamics and developments. It studies the region in a global context, investigating the extent to which it has been structured by international political economy and global geopolitics as against domestic factors. The course examines major issues in the political economy of West Asia and North Africa, particularly the legacies of colonialism and imperialism as well as the impacts of neoliberalism on the region’s economies and polities. It concentrates on national key resources such as oil and its implications on the state, politics, economy and society. We look at the main political forms and forces, including the authoritarian “rentier state”, pressures for democratization and liberalization, and the rise of political Islam (Islamism). Later on, the course shifts its focus onto conflict and intervention, and resulting perspectives for regional development. Finally, it critically revisits key paradigms in Middle Eastern studies in the wake of the Arab uprisings. Schließen
14 Termine
Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung
Di, 19.04.2016 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 26.04.2016 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 03.05.2016 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 10.05.2016 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 17.05.2016 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 24.05.2016 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 31.05.2016 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 07.06.2016 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 14.06.2016 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 21.06.2016 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 28.06.2016 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 05.07.2016 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 12.07.2016 12:00 - 14:00
Di, 19.07.2016 12:00 - 14:00