The Roots of Revolt

A Political Economy of Egypt from Nasser to Mubarak
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-47836-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 285 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

A conceptually rich, historically informed, and interdisciplinary study of the contentious politics emerging out of decades of authoritarian neoliberal economic reform, The Roots of Revolt examines the contested political economy of Egypt from Nasser to Mubarak, just prior to the Arab Uprisings of 2010–11. Based on extensive fieldwork conducted across rural and urban Egypt, Angela Joya employs an 'on the ground' approach to critical political economy that challenges the interpretations of Egyptian politics put forward by scholars of both democratization and authoritarianism. By critically reassessing the relationship between democracy and capitalist development, Joya demonstrates how renewed authoritarian politics were required to institutionalize neoliberal reforms demanded by the International Monetary Fund, presenting the real-world impact of economic policy on the lives of ordinary Egyptians before the Arab Uprisings.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Joya, Angela

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Neoliberal authoritarianism in contemporary Egypt; 2. The developmentalist state and the market economy: from Nasser to Sadat; 3. 'We need the government to unleash us, the tigers': Mubarak and the neoliberal turn; 4. 'We feed the nation': the military as a fraction of capital; 5. The mosque and the market: the Muslim Brotherhood; 6. 'Strike like an Egyptian': workers and the collapse of the authoritarian bargain; 7. 'You let the dogs eat the peasants': peasants and small farmers and accumulation by dispossession; Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Joya, Angela
Angela Joya is Assistant Professor of International Studies at the University of Oregon. Her research focuses on the impact of neoliberal globalization on the lives of workers and peasants. She is currently researching grass roots responses and alternative models of development among the anti-extractivist movements in North Africa. She is the author of numerous articles in journals such as the British Journal of Middle East Studies, Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Mediterranean Politics, International Journal of Middle East Studies and Review of African Political Economy and has conducted fieldwork in Egypt, Tunisia, Palestine, Jordan and Turkey, Greece and France.