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The Middle East: A region without regionalism or the end of exceptionalism?

Aarts, Paul·1999·Third World Quarterly
DOI 10.1080/01436599913406
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In terms of regionalisation the Middle East appears to exemplify the region's status of being the 'exceptional' case, eternally out of step with history and immune to the trends affecting other parts of the world. This article will analyse whether recent trends of economic liberalisation might give an impulse to regionalisation. This is done by focusing on the 'double assignment' of the bourgeoisie: curbing state autonomy and acting as the 'championing social class' whose specific interests coincide with the prospect of a larger unified market. The article concludes that we can not expect Arab regional economic integration to be spurred on.

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Authors
Aarts, P.
Corresponding author
Aarts, Paul
ORCID
Aarts, Paul
Venue
Third World Quarterly
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
1999-10
Volume
20
Issue
5
Pages
911-925
ISSN
  • 0143-6597 (ISSN-L)
  • 1360-2241
DOI
10.1080/01436599913406
OpenAlex
W2090551007
Cited by
92
References
0
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FWCI
2.91
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
Third World Quarterly (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Middle East Politics and Society
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Socioeconomic Development in MENA
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
Keywords
regionalism, regionalization, Middle East, economic liberalization, bourgeoisie, state autonomy, unified market, exceptionalism

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