Social Dictatorships: The Political Economy of the Welfare State in the Middle East and North Africa

Social Dictatorships: The Political Economy of the Welfare State in the Middle East and North Africa

Friday, 28 February 2020 - 5:30pm
Venue: 
Investcorp Auditorium, Middle East Centre, St Antony's College
Speaker(s): 
Dr Ferdinand Eibl, Kings College London
Chair: 
Dr Michael Willis
Series: 
Middle East Centre Friday Seminar Series

Ferdinand is Lecturer in Political Economy at King’s College London. He completed his DPhil in Politics and MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on the political economy of authoritarian rule in North Africa, in particular in the areas of distributive politics, crony capitalism, and civil-military relations. His first book Social Dictatorships was published with Oxford University Press.