This book offers the first critical engagement with the political economy of the Middle East and North Africa. Challenging conventional wisdom on the origins an

Explores the relation between histories of violence and their contemporary commemoration.

Critical examinations of efforts to make governments more efficient and responsive Political upheavals and civil wars in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Examines new authoritarian practices and state control in MENA countries to target and neutralise dissidents

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is an economically diverse region. Despite undertaking economic reforms in many countries, and having considerable succe