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The Economic Marginalisation and Lack of Regionalisation of the MENA Area

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The Arab Spring in the Global Political Economy

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The theoretical analysis discussed so far identified in the economic marginalisation of the MENA area and in its lack of political and economic integration a relevant political economy factor of the recent wave of political turmoil and change. From the theoretical point of view, the following issues appear particularly relevant:

  1. 1.

    The paradox of the lack of regionalisation of the MENA area within globalisation.

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    The paradox of marginalisation of the MENA area within globalisation.

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    The paradox of the empowerment of civil society amid the crisis of the state.

The MENA area is therefore at the crossroads of some of the most significant structural developments of the new global political economy.

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    Leila Simona Talani (Professor of International Political Economy, Jean Monnet Chair in European Political Economy)

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Talani, L.S. (2014). The Economic Marginalisation and Lack of Regionalisation of the MENA Area. In: The Arab Spring in the Global Political Economy. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137272195_5

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