scholarly journals Political Economy of Rentierism in the Middle East and Disruptions from the Digital Space

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-89
Author(s):  
Sameena Hameed
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Rent Seeking ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Digital Space ◽  
Economic Elites ◽  
Digital Commerce

Rentierism in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region had emanated both from significant external rent and from the statist model of development feeding each other, where legitimacy was secured through rent distribution. The rent-led resource imbalance between the state and the society, as well as intra-societal inequalities in the region, has been less recognized and studied. The flow of external rent in tandem with internal rent-seeking has perpetuated the wealth and power of the political and economic elites and limited economic opportunities of the larger population. The rentierism that bred on vertical controls and network of privileges is set to be disrupted from flows and connectivity generated in the growth of digital commerce in the region.

scholarly journals Critical Security and Anthropology from the Middle East

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giulia El Dardiry ◽  
Sami Hermez
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Middle East ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
East Region ◽  
Original Meaning ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Middle East Region

This colloquy takes the Middle East region as a starting point from which to explore a contrapuntal concept of security that is subverted from its original meaning and captured from the state. The essays follow the lives of revolutionary youth, doctors, commodity traders, refugees, and spies to examine their experiences of (in)security. In doing so, the essays deploy storytelling and other ethnographic forms to think of the political economy, emotions, flows, and ethics of security from the perspective of those living-in-crisis.

All Shook Up?

2020 ◽  
pp. 157-174
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Economic Reforms ◽  
Rent Seeking ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
State Autonomy ◽  
The Public ◽  
Indian State ◽  
Dominant Classes

The Political Economy and Development of India (PEDI) outlined highly influential theories of both the Indian state and its bureaucracy. Professionals within the public sector were one of Bardhan’s three competing dominant classes, yet he was also clear that the state was an autonomous actor distinct from the rent-seeking officials who populated its lower ranks. Three decades later, economic reforms have ostensibly challenged the public sector’s economic, ideological, and policy dominance. This chapter argues that the Indian system remains more statist—and correspondingly less ‘pro-business’—than many scholarly interpretations today allow. Nonetheless, elite public sector professionals have become fragmented that challenge their coherence as a class, while new obstacles to effective state autonomy have arisen from the nexus between politicians and the petty bureaucracy.

Avoiding Globalization? The Political Economy of Development in the Middle East and North Africa

2002 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Kingston ◽  
Toby Dodge ◽  
Richard Higgott ◽  
Clement Henry ◽  
Robert Springborg
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Economy Of Development

Unevenness, (Under)development, and Resistance in the Middle East and North Africa: An Introduction

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gönenç Uysal
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
The Political ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Mena Region ◽  
Capitalist System ◽  
Economic Relations ◽  
The World

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has been one of the most significant peripheries of the world capitalist system studied for its social, economic, and political underdevelopment, crises, and conflicts, not only in comparison to Western countries but also in relation to the discrepancies within the region itself. Yet, the protests and uprisings against imperialism, colonialism, and authoritarianism have underlined the burning necessity for critical/radical approaches to examine the political economy of the MENA and state-society relations in the region. This special issue draws upon critical/radical approaches and explores unevenness, (under)development, and resistance that have characterised the economic relations, social structures, and state apparatuses in the MENA. 

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