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Dirk J. Vandewalle

Associate Professor of Government
232 Silsby
Dirk.Vandewalle@dartmouth.edu

B.A., Political Science and Philosophy, Southwest State University
M.I.A., International Affairs, Columbia University
Certificate, Middle East Institute, Columbia University
M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Political Science, Columbia University

Recent publications

  • A History of Modern Libya, Cambridge University Press, 2006.
  • "Social Contracts, Institutional Development and Economic Growth and Reform in Middle East Oil Exporters," background paper for Tarik Yousef, The Employment Challenge in the 21st Century; From Labor Force Growth to Job Creation, A regional economic report on the Middle East and North Africa written for the World Bank, 2004.
  • Libya Since Independence: Oil and State-Building, Cornell University Press, 1998.
  • Editor, North Africa: Development and Reform in a Changing Global Economy, St. Martin's Press, 1996.
  • Editor, Qadhafi's Revolution 1969-1994," St. Martin's Press, 1995.

Research interests

  • State-building and regime change in the Middle East and North Africa
  • Commodity booms, institutional development and economic reform in developing countries.

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Last Updated: 9/12/06