Ferdinand Eibl is a Research Officer at the LSE Middle East Centre, currently working in a research project entitled ‘The comparative political economy of the MENA region.’ Led by Steffen Hertog, the project aims to place MENA-specific political economy issues in a wider comparative perspective. In his research, Ferdinand focuses specifically on the areas of distributive politics, social policies, and crony capitalism in the Middle East and North Africa. More recently, he has started to work on civil-military relations and coups, and the electoral sociology of Islamism. He holds an MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies and a PhD in Politics from the University of Oxford.
Contact
Email: f.eibl@lse.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)207 955 6295
Website: www.ferdinandeibl.com
Research interests
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Political economy of distributive politics, especially in the MENA region
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Social policies in the MENA region
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Educational inequality
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Crony capitalism and trade policies
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Civil-military relations and coups
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MENA political parties and electoral sociology, especially the Islamist vote
Publications
Peer-reviewed articles
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The Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM): trajectory of a political deus ex machina, Journal of North African Studies, 17, 1 (January 2012).
Book chapters
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Islamisten und der "Arabische Frühling" in Marokko: der Kontinuität verschrieben?, (with D. Engelcke) in Faath, S. (ed.) Islamische Akteure in Nordafrika, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Berlin (2012).
Other publications
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Parlamentswahlen in Marokko: Ende oder Anfang eines "marokkanischen Frühlings"?, GIGA Focus Nahost, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies (2011).