politics of middle east
Humanities
Write a one-page paper summarizing the readings, articles or report. Students should analyze by answering one or more of the following questions:
- How significant is the question?
- How convincing or persuasive is the argument?
- Is there a different methodology the author could have used?
- How logical are the causes and outcomes behind the argument?
- Is the empirical evidence and methodology sound, why or why not? Are there alternative explanations the author could have considered?
- What solutions does the reading propose to solve a specific issue and do you agree with them and have others to propose?
- Required Readings must be used in paper:
- Karim Mezran, “State of Libya,” in Mark Gasiorowski and Sean L. Yom (eds.), The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa (Boulder, Co: Westview, 2017): pp. 439-461.
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Topics Covered - Libya – From Populist Dictatorship to Fragmented Democracy
Required Readings - Karim Mezran, “State of Libya,” in Mark Gasiorowski and Sean L. Yom (eds.), The Government and Politics of the Middle East and North Africa (Boulder, Co: Westview, 2017): pp. 439-461.
Recommended Reading:
- Lisa Anderson, “The State Avoided in Libya: From Rentier Monarchy to Distributive Jamahiriyya,” The State and Social Transformation in Tunisia and Libya, 1830-1980 (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1986): pp. 251-270.
- Christopher Chivvis, “Libya’s Downward Spiral,” Foreign Policy (September 13, 2012).
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