Open AccessValuing Freedom and History in the Middle East
Author(s) -
Zep Kalb
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
politikon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1583-3984
pISSN - 2414-6633
DOI - 10.22151/politikon.26.1
Subject(s) - middle east , competitor analysis , dependency (uml) , degrees of freedom (physics and chemistry) , index (typography) , human development index , political science , computer science , economics , law , artificial intelligence , human development (humanity) , management , physics , world wide web , quantum mechanics
This paper qualitatively compares Mazinani’s model for the measurement of freedom, the called Full Freedom model, with the Human Development Index (HDI) and the Freedom of the World Index (FWI) and examines the advantages and disadvantages of using this model for the measurement of freedom in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The particularity of historical trajectories in the MENA will be held against the HDI and FWI. Then, shortcomings in Mazinani’s model for the measurement of freedom will be assessed in relation to this model’s dependency on its two competitors.