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Anis Ben Brik - Governing in a Pandemic, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Governing in a Pandemic

Democratic Backsliding in the Middle East and North Africa

Av Anis Ben Brik

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Explores the lasting echoes of an unprecedented pandemic that continues to shape politics in the MENA region todayFrom the Maghreb in North Africa to the Levant in the East, the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically impacted politics - and the promise of democratic governance - within the MENA region. In this edited volume, Anis Ben Brik assembles a group of scholars to explore how the Middle East and North Africa grappled with an unprecedented global health crisis that transcended medical dimensions and continues to manifest profound social, political, and economic implications for its people.Featuring timely original research, including in-depth case studies and cross-country comparisons, contributors take us inside a region already grappling with complex political systems, social structures, and historical legacies. They show us how the pandemic triggered widespread democratic backsliding in the region, as countries like Egypt, Iran, and Saudi Arabia began to adopt emergency measures that extended well beyond the immediate public health crisis, including increased censorship, arrests of activists and journalists, and the suppression of political dissent. Contributors also examine how the pandemic impacted perceptions of political legitimacy within the region, shaping people's support and opposition to emergency measures, legislation, and regimes and governments themselves.Ultimately, the book captures the ways in which a global state of emergency created even more opportunities for political abuse and suppression, enabling authoritarian leaders to further consolidate their power within the region.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-09-15
  • Mått: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
  • Vikt: 408 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 288
  • Förlag: New York University Press
  • ISBN: 9781479844753
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Anis Ben Brik is with the Faculty of Communication, Culture and Society, Institute of Communication and Public Policy, Università della Svizzera italiana, Lugano, Switzerland. His research focuses on the political economy of welfare systems, the institutionalization of evaluation, and governance reform in rentier states, the MENA region and Global South contexts. His recent books include Social Welfare in Qatar; Public Policy in the Arab World; and The Institutionalization of Evaluation in the Middle East and North Africa.

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"A timely and incisive volume, this book shows how pandemic governance reflects a deeper political reality in the Middle East and North Africa, where crisis has become a governing logic. Theoretically rich, grounded in deep case studies, and covering broad empirical terrain, this book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the evolving nature of authoritarian resilience, social inequality, and the politics of 'permacrisis' in our time" - Melani Cammett, co-author of A Political Economy of the Middle East "In Governing in a Pandemic, scholars in and of the MENA region use the COVID-19 crisis as a natural experiment to probe the underlying 'permacrisis' of the region. Through chapters using institutional as well as survey data, the authors provide important comparative insights -from Iran to Israel's West Bank settlements. Timely and theoretically astute, the collection advances scholarship on contested trajectories of authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa." - Jacqueline Stevens, author of States Without Nations: Citizenship for Mortals "Governing in a Pandemic argues that authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and North Africa have turned crisis into a permanent mode of rule. Using the COVID-19 pandemic as an example, it describes the use of technocratic control, surveillance, and crisis narratives to reinforce power. It thus offers an important alternate way to understand governance in an era of continuous disruption." - Douglas J. Besharov, co-editor of Work and the Social Safety Net: Labor Activation in Europe and the United States

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