Economic Liberalization and Authoritarianism

Christian Neugebauer was a PhD candidate and lecturer in political economy of the Middle East and North Africa at the Center for Near and Middle Eastern Studies (CNMS), University of Marburg, Germany. He currently works as a regional expert (Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey) for an institution of the private economy.

• Introduction.- Key terms.- Theory and state of the art.- Theoretical model and hypotheses.- Epistemology, methodology, methods.- Empirical analysis—Economic liberalization and the stability of authoritarian regimes in resource-poor countries of the MENA region: Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, and Morocco,1950–2011.- Conclusion