Dr ANDREA TETI
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Department of Politics and International Relations
University of Aberdeen
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Research Interests
- Democracy and democracy-promotion: especially EU and UK democracy assistance towards Egypt
- Political Theory: Foucault, Deleuze, Debord, Gramsci, Constructivism
- Middle Eastern Politics, particularly Egypt and Israel/Palestine
- Italian Politics
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Current Research
My primary area of research is the politics of democracy-promotion in the Middle East. Here, I'm interested in the relationship between how knowledge is produced, translated into policy, applied, and then its results fed back into the production of 'knowledge'. This is also the core focus of the Interdisciplinary Approaches to Violence project, of which I am co-director. I have a particular interest in labour movements and civil society groups in the Middle East, as well as political parties and elections.
With Gennaro Gervasio, I am also looking at the authoritarian practices of the Egyptian state, in particular the range of techniques being used to empty democratic commitments of any substance.
Finally, I also work on the archaeology and geneaology of Constructivism in IR with Nikola Hynek, focusing on the way critical perspectives in IR are 'normalised', and the implications of this process for knowledge production in the academic field of International Relations.
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Research Grants
Carnegie Trust: "Paradoxes of Western Democracy-promotion in the Middle East: Conceptions of Democracy in Donors and Recipients"
University of Aberdeen, College of Arts & Social Science (RPAS), Co-Director Interdisciplinary Approaches to Violence programme
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Teaching Responsibilities
I teach various courses on IR theory and methods, International Security, and Middle East politics at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
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External Responsibilities
1998+ Fellow, British Society for Middle East Studies (BRISMES)
1999+ British International Studies Association (BISA)
2002+ Società Italiana per lo Studio del Medio Oriente (SeSaMO)
2008+ Fellow, Plymouth International Studies Centre (PISC)
2008 Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Political Science, University of Turin (Italy)
2008-09 Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Political Science, University of Salerno (Italy)
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Admin Responsibilities
- Co-ordinator, International (non-EU) Exchanges
- Adviser, International (non-EU) Exchange Students
- School Teaching & Learning Committee
- Dissertation Adviser (IR)
- Co-ordinator, Middle Eastern Politics
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Areas of Supervision
Political / IR Theory (particularly Foucault, Deleuze, Debord and Gramsci)
Democracy & Democratization (especially UK, EU, US and INGO programmes)
Middle Eastern politics (e.g. international relations of the Middle East, impact of globalisation, political & economic liberalisation, democratisation, foreign policies of major powers towards the region, etc.)
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Media activity
Andrea has appeared on several national and international media commenting on the 'Arab Uprisings' in Egypt, Syria, Bahrain, and Libya, and on international reactions, including appearances on Al-Jazeera English's Inside Story, the BBC, ITV, Affari Italiani, Australia's SBS, France24, and Radio Pacifica's Radio Intifada. He is a regular contributor to OpenDemocracy, where he writes about Egyptian and Italian politics.
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Publications
Contributions to Journals
Articles
- Teti, A. (2012). 'Beyond Lies the Wub: Challenges of (Post-)Democratization'. Middle East Critique, vol 21, no. 1, pp. 5-24.
[Online] DOI: 10.1080/19436149.2012.658495 - Teti, A. & Gervasio, G. (2012). 'After Mubarak, Before Transition: The Challenges for Egypt’s Democratic Opposition'. Interface: A Journal For and About Social Movements, vol 4, no. 1, pp. 102-112.
[Online] AURA: Interface_4_1_Teti_and_Gervasio.pdf - Teti, A. (2012). 'The EU’s First Response to the ‘Arab Spring’: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Partnership for Democracy and Shared Prosperity'. Mediterranean Politics, vol 17, no. 3, pp. 266-284.
[Online] DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2012.725297 - Teti, A. & Gervasio, G. (2011). 'Le nozze della democrazia?: Elezioni ed autoritarismo in Egitto'. Afriche e Orienti, vol 10, no. 1, pp. 71-76.
- Teti, A. (2011). 'Le Bahreïn entre rocher et pétrole'. Outre-Terre, vol 29, no. 3, pp. 507-518.
[Online] DOI: 10.3917/oute.029.0507 - Hynek, N. & Teti, A. (2010). 'Saving Identity from Postmodernism?: The normalization of constructivism in International Relations'. Contemporary Political Theory, vol 9, no. 2, pp. 171-199.
[Online] DOI: 10.1057/cpt.2008.49 - Teti, A. (2007). 'Bridging the Gap: IR, Middle East Studies and the Disciplinary Politics of the Area Studies Controversy'. European Journal of International Relations, vol 13, no. 1, pp. 117-145.
[Online] DOI: 10.1177/1354066107074291 - Teti, A. (2004). 'A Role in Search of a Hero: A Constructivist approach to the evolution of Egyptian foreign policy, 1952-67'. Journal of Mediterranean Studies, vol 14, no. 1-2, pp. 77-105.
Comments and Debates
- Teti, A. & Gervasio, G. (2011). 'Cercando un altro Egitto: tra democrazia e contro-rivoluzione'. Afriche e Orienti, vol 10, no. 2, pp. 130-138.
- Teti, A. (2011). 'The Unbearable Lightness of Authoritarianism: Lessons from the Arab Uprisings'. Mediterranean Politics, vol 16, no. 2, pp. 321-327.
[Online] DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2011.583758
Reviews of Books, Films and Articles
- Teti, A. (2011). 'The Politics of Democracy in the Middle East'. Mediterranean Politics, vol 16, no. 3, pp. 459-462.
[Online] DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2011.613686
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings
Chapters
- Teti, A. (in press). 'Confessions of a Dangerous (Arab) Mind'. Z Elmarsafy, A Bernard & D Attwell (eds), in: Debating Orientalism. Palgrave Macmillan, London.
- Teti, A. (2012). 'The Globalization of Democracy and the Location of the Middle East in the Contemporary Global Order'. S Stetter (ed.), in: The Middle East and Globalization: Encounters and Horizons. Palgrave Macmillan, London.
- Teti, A. (2011). 'Société civile, démocratie libérale, et la démarche du paradigme de la ‘démocratisation’'. P-J Luizard & A Bozzo (eds), in: The Rise of Civil Society in the Muslim World. La Découverte, Paris, France.
- Teti, A. (2011). 'La politica della democratizzazione in Medio oriente ed il feticcio della società civile'. F Corrao (ed.), in: The Arab Spring. Mondadori, Rome.
- Teti, A. (2009). 'Colonizing Knowledge: Social Science and the Disciplinary (Re)Production of Knowledge'. B Firat, Sarah De Mul & S van Wichelen (eds), in: Commitment and Complicity in Cultural Theory and Practice. Palgrave Macmillan, Palgrave-Macmillan/London.
- Teti, A. & Andrea Mura, A. (2008). 'Sunni Islam and politics'. J Haynes (ed.), in: Routledge Handbook of Religion and Politics. Routledge International Handbooks, Routledge, Abingdon, United Kingdom.
- Teti, A. (2008). 'Political Islam'. T Salmon & M Imber (eds), in: Issues in International Relations. 2 edn, Routledge, London, United Kingdom, pp. 218-234.
- Heristchi, C. & Teti, A. (2006). 'Rethinking the Myths of Islamic Politics'. J Haynes (ed.), in: Politics of Religion: a Survey. The Politics of... Series, Routledge, Abingdon, United Kingdom.
Books and Reports
Commissioned Reports
- Teti, A. (2011). 'Political Parties and Movements in Post-Revolutionary Egypt'. ISPI Working Papers, no. 42, Istituto per gli Studi Politici e Internazionali, Milan: Italy.
Contributions to Specialist Publications
Articles
- Teti, A. (2012). 'Europe and NATO's response to the Arab Uprisings'. openDemocracy, 07 May.
- Teti, A. (2012). 'Italy's elections, austerity, and the European social model'. openDemocracy, 10 May.
- Teti, A. & Gervasio, G. (2011). 'Egypt's Post-democratic Elections: Political Meaning Beyond the Menu of Manipulation'. openDemocracy, 14 January.
- Teti, A. (2011). 'The Politics of Fearlessness: Egypt's Second January Uprising'. openDemocracy, 05 February.
- Teti, A. (2011). 'Pane, libertà e dignità: Lezioni dalle rivolte arabe'. Lo Straniero: Arte, Cultura, Scienza e Società.
- Teti, A. (2011). 'The Egyptian Gambit'. openDemocracy, 20 September.
- Teti, A. & Gervasio, G. (2011). 'Egypt’s Second January Uprising'. Mediterranean Yearbook.
- Teti, A. (2011). 'While Rome Was Burning: Berlusconi and the politics of Italy’s patronage'. openDemocracy, 14 November.
- Teti, A. (2011). 'The Politics of Egypt’s Elections'. openDemocracy, 15 December.
- Teti, A. (2009). 'Non si può parlare per sempre: Obama e la questione palestinese'. Nuvole.
- Teti, A. (2008). 'Change we can believe in?: Obama e la questione palestinese'. Lettera 22.
- Teti, A. (2008). 'Open season on Egypt’s opposition, but Islam is not the solution'. Tabsir, 27 April.
- Teti, A. (2006). 'Democrazia, Transitologia ed Orientalismo: organizzazione del sapere e geografie morali della democratizzazione in Medio Oriente'. p. 19-49, Meridione.
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