"Building Solidarity-Based Organizations": Dr. Bassam Haddad at TEDxGeorgeMasonU

Building Solidarity-Based Organizations in a market driven, corporate world: Dr. Bassam Haddad at TEDxGeorgeMasonU Talk given at TEDxGeorgeMasonU, May 6th 2012. Produced by Andrew Hawkins and Joe Renaud. Film done by Kathleen Wills. Production Manager: Jessica Teaford. Bassam Haddad is Director of the Middle East Studies Program and teaches in the Department of Public and International Affairs at George Mason University, and is Visiting Professor at Georgetown University. He is the author of Business Networks in Syria: The Political Economy of Authoritarian Resilience (Stanford University Press, 2011). Bassam recently published "The Political Economy of Syria: Realities and Challenges," in Middle East Policy and is currently editing a volume on Teaching the Middle East After the Arab Uprisings, a book manuscript on pedagogical and theoretical approaches. E-mail: [email protected] www.TEDxGeorgeMasonU.com About TEDx: In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)