Contextualizing the Arab Revolts: The Politics behind Three Decades of Neoliberalism in the Arab World

Middle East Critique

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 213-234

  Bogaert, Koenraad ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Arab Spring; Arab uprisings; Egypt; globalization; Marxism; MENA region; Morocco; neoliberalism; Washington consensus; World Bank

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890798301     PISSN: 19436149     EISSN: 19436157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19436149.2013.814945     Document Type: Article

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