TY - GEN N2 - Why have social spending levels and social policy trajectories diverged so drastically across labour-abundant MENA regimes? And how can we explain the persistence of social spending after divergence? This books sets out to answer both questions. It develops a theory about the emergence of authoritarian welfare states, arguing that autocratic leaders need both the incentives and the abilities to distribute welfare for authoritarian welfare states to emerge. AB - Why have social spending levels and social policy trajectories diverged so drastically across labour-abundant MENA regimes? And how can we explain the persistence of social spending after divergence? This books sets out to answer both questions. It develops a theory about the emergence of authoritarian welfare states, arguing that autocratic leaders need both the incentives and the abilities to distribute welfare for authoritarian welfare states to emerge. T1 - Social dictatorships :the political economy of the welfare state in the Middle East and North Africa / AU - Eibl, Ferdinand, CN - Oxford Scholarship Online CN - JC479 ID - 930973 KW - Welfare state KW - Welfare state KW - Welfare state KW - Welfare state SN - 9780191872419 TI - Social dictatorships :the political economy of the welfare state in the Middle East and North Africa / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198834274.001.0001 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198834274.001.0001 ER -