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Tom, Vesters (2016)

Exceptionally Extractive Economies, Incredibly Inclusive Institutions: A Quantitative Study on the Prevalence of Authoritarianism in the Middle East

Bachelor thesis | International Studies (BA)
The thesis explores the linkage between economic policies and quality of governance in the Middle East. Through an Econometric model and further theoretical research it ask why some countries have a high rate of "open" economic practices, but with severe "closed" political systems. It concludes that based on the rapid development of these Oil States, they spend relatively little time in a state of development where regimes are unstable and likely to fall, instead shooting towards the stable, high, GNI per capita they currently have.
Middle East
Democracy
Economics
Institutionalism
Author
Tom, Vesters
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Specialisation
Middle East
Supervisors
Ennis, Crystal A.
ECTS Credits
15
Language
en