| Description |
1 online resource (x, 271 pages) illustrations |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
"Over the span of two weeks in mid-January 2011, reports of numerous self-immolations were surfacing in Cairo. On January 17, Abdou Abdel Monaam, a small restaurateur, set himself on fire in protest against a law preventing restaurant owners from buying subsidized bread, forcing him to buy bread at five times the subsidized price. On the same day, Mohamed Farouk Hassan, a lawyer, railed against rising prices before setting himself on fire. These immolations, clearly in emulation of the events that sparked the uprisings in Tunisia, sought to ignite the fires of popular protest against the Mubarak regime in Egypt."-- "The purpose and scope of this study," Page 1, opening paragraph |
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"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."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 20, 2020) |
| Subject |
Protest movements -- Egypt -- History -- 21st century
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Self-immolation -- Political aspects -- Egypt
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Arab Spring, 2010-
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Politics and government
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Protest movements
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Egypt -- History -- Protests, 2011-2013.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2011004490
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Egypt -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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Egypt -- Politics and government -- 21st century
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| Subject |
Egypt
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cambridge University Press, publisher.
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| LC no. |
2019038887 |
| ISBN |
9781108777537 |
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1108777538 |
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9781108807067 |
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1108807062 |
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