Why did Arab socialism fail and instead produce ‘presidencies for life
Why did Arab socialism fail and instead produce ‘presidencies for life’?
Rely on the books of Roger Owen (Attached) as well as James Gelvin (You already have it).
Please stick to 5 pages as usual.
Hints: There is no space for every Arab republic. It would be easier to build the paper analytically, according to the four sources of social power:
— military: What enabled so many military coups in the first place? What did the new rulers do to prevent new take-overs? In other words, what is coup-proofing? Why so many spies and Muhabarat agents deployed inside the country (secret services)? Lastly, what role played the Arab-Israeli wars in defeating the project of a socialist United Arab Republic?
— ideological (why did they all preach Arab socialism? Arab unity? Helping the poor?)
— economic: Why the nationalizations of foreign assets such oil and Suez canal? Who benefited from land reforms? What was the aim of protectionist tariffs on foreign goods? Why does this policy later change to Infitah (open doors) and freer market reforms? But who benefited from market reforms? What is crony capitalism?
— political: Why did these colonels become presidents for life? How did they deal with opposition? What were the problems with succession of power to their children?
Avoid the \”big\” sophisticated words like \’plethora\’. Those who took my other classes before would know this already. Just look around: a most common student mistake in writing papers is the misuse of pompous words such as discourse, identity, sustainability.
Also, attached below is the professor\’s feedback for the last paper. Please take a look at it and work on the third paper accordingly.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1bXActjkZp8…
the link to the James Gelvin book
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