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MYTHOLOGIES OF A DEVELOPMENTAL STATE: AMBITION AND ACTION IN NASSER’S EGYPT
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Nimis, Sara Rose
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1126661827
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Year and Degree
2005, Master of Arts, Miami University, Political Science.
Abstract
This paper uses an historical analysis of state intervention in the Egyptian economy during the Nasser period (1952-1970) to show how an activist state can help a late-industrializing economy “catch up” to industrialized economies in the global market. The Egyptian case is compared and contrasted with the case of South Korea during the fifties and sixties. The absence of growth-promoting relationships between business and state actors in the Egyptian case was rooted in the suspicion toward businesspeople that characterized the developmental myth of the Nasser government. A case study of the Arab Contractors Corporation further illustrates the importance of such “policy networks”. The developmental myths of the two governments also played into their policy strategies. The Egyptian government espoused an import substitution strategy in line with its emphasis on independence as the hallmark of development, whereas South Korea favored a strategy emphasizing exports.
Committee
Adeed Dawisha (Advisor)
Pages
74 p.
Subject Headings
Political Science, General
Keywords
Egypt
;
South Korea
;
political economy
;
development
;
Nasser
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Nimis, S. R. (2005).
MYTHOLOGIES OF A DEVELOPMENTAL STATE: AMBITION AND ACTION IN NASSER’S EGYPT
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1126661827
APA Style (7th edition)
Nimis, Sara.
MYTHOLOGIES OF A DEVELOPMENTAL STATE: AMBITION AND ACTION IN NASSER’S EGYPT.
2005. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1126661827.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Nimis, Sara. "MYTHOLOGIES OF A DEVELOPMENTAL STATE: AMBITION AND ACTION IN NASSER’S EGYPT." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1126661827
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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