hi everyone,
By tomorrow, you should have completed C7 Readings below, all 4 chapters. this is one of the foundations of this course, and will certainly be prominent in the final exam.
make sure you read both chapters from Richards and Waterbury (not just one).
see you soon. if you plan to skip a class, make sure this is not the one!
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(c7) The Political Economy of Development and Oil: Social Impact
A. The political economy of development
B. State-Led Development
C. The political economy of oil
Readings:
1. Elias H. Tuma, Chapter 7, “The Economies of the Middle East,” in Deborah J. Gerner and Jillian Schwedler, eds., Understanding the Contemporary Middle East (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2004), pp. 234-End. [Text]
2. Alan Richards and John Waterbury, Chapter 7, “The Emergence of the Public Sector,” Chapter 8, “Contradictions of State-Led Growth,” in A Political Economy of the Middle East (Boulder: Westview Press, 1996). [CW]
3. Michael Ross, “Does Oil Hinder Democracy,” in World Politics 53. 3 April, 2001. [CW]
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