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Seminar on: “Comparing political systems in global perspective’: What about the Middle East and North African (MENA) region?”

The Department of Social Sciences - PS/IA program hosted a seminar on: “Comparing political systems in global perspective’: What about the Middle East and North African (MENA) region?” by Professor Dr. Hans Illy on May 7, 2013.

Dr. Hans Illy is Professor of Political Sciences and Public Management, University of Constance & Arnold Bergstraesser Institute, Germany.

The presentation was followed by a roundtable discussion with: Dr. Bassel Salloukh - Dr. Jennifer Skulte-Ouaiss and Dr. Makram Ouaiss. It was be moderated by Dr. Tamirace Fakhoury.

This seminar covered a global analysis of dominant political systems typologies and was followed by a debate on the types of governance emerging in the MENA region and the driving forces shaping the transformations.