Adam Hanieh is a development studies academic based in the

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. He is Professor in Development Studies at

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, a founding member of the SOAS Centre for Palestine Studies, and a former member of the Council for British Research in the Levant. He is noted for his research on

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, the

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of the

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, labour migration, class and state formation in the

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, and

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studies. From 1997 to 2003, Hanieh lived in Palestine, where he completed an MA in Regional Studies at

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. Hanieh holds a

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from

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and previously taught at Zayed University in the

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before joining SOAS in London. Hanieh also leads the New Regionalisms Working Group of the

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. His latest book, ''Money, Markets, and Monarchies: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle East'' (

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, 2018), was awarded the 2019 International Political Economy Group Book Prize of the

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Select Bibliography

* ''Capitalism and Class in the Gulf Arab States.'' New York:

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, 2011. This book analyzes the recent development of Gulf capitalism through to the aftermath of the 2008 economic crisis. Situating the Gulf within the evolution of capitalism at a global scale, it presents a novel theoretical interpretation of this important region of the Middle East political economy. * ''Lineages of Revolt. Issues of Contemporary Capitalism in the Middle East.'' Chicago, IL:

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, 2013. This book is about origins and impact of neoliberal development in the Middle East. Case studies detail the impact of neoliberalism on deregulations, debt & loan policy, working conditions, trade and the institutional reconfiguration of the state since WWII. * ''Money, Markets, and Monarchies: The Gulf Cooperation Council and the Political Economy of the Contemporary Middle East.'' Cambridge:

, 2018. *"The Political Economy of State Formation in Palestine." In ''Rethinking Statehood in Palestine: Self-Determination and Decolonization Beyond Partition,'' edited by Leila H. Farsakh, 29-53. Berkeley:

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, 2021. Updated list of publications of Adam Hanieh
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