The Magic Potion of Austerity and Poverty Alleviation: Narratives of political capture and inequality in the Middle East and North Africa
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Titre
La potion magique d’austérité et de lutte contre la pauvreté : Discours qui perpétuent la capture politique et les inégalités au Moyen-Orient et en Afrique du NordPublication date
2021-11-22Keywords
AusterityCivic space
Debt
MENA
Middle East and North Africa
Narratives
Political capture
Public services
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Dominant narratives promoting economic growth at the expense of state institutions and basic social services have long underpinned a neoliberal model of spiralling debt and austerity in the MENA region. This exacerbates political capture and inequality and takes shape in an environment of media concentration and shrinking civic space. It is important for change movements to understand dominant narratives in order to challenge and shift them. With the right tools, civil society organizations, activists, influencers and alternative media can start changing the myths and beliefs which frame the socio-economic debate and predetermine which policy options are accepted as possible and legitimate, and which are not.