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The Political Economy of the Egyptian Revolution: Mubarak, Economic Reforms and Failed Hegemony
Roberto Roccu
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Hardback. Focusing on the economic reforms adopted under Mubarak, Roberto Roccu provides the first account of the deeper socio-economic dynamics that made the 2011 Egyptian revolution possible. Num Pages: 160 pages, 3 black & white tables, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JPW; JPWF; JPWQ; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
While the 2011 Egyptian revolution has already become the subject of much debate, the roots of the socio-economic context which made the revolution possible have seldom been explored. Roberto Roccu addresses this gap and in doing this provides the first detailed study of the deeper causes of the Egyptian revolution. Relying on an innovative understanding of Antonio Gramsci's thought, He argues that economic reforms implemented since the late 1980s provided the conditions for both the emergence of a capitalist oligarchy within the regime and an unprecedented rise in socio-economic inequality in society at large. These two processes substantially eroded any ... Read more
While the 2011 Egyptian revolution has already become the subject of much debate, the roots of the socio-economic context which made the revolution possible have seldom been explored. Roberto Roccu addresses this gap and in doing this provides the first detailed study of the deeper causes of the Egyptian revolution. Relying on an innovative understanding of Antonio Gramsci's thought, He argues that economic reforms implemented since the late 1980s provided the conditions for both the emergence of a capitalist oligarchy within the regime and an unprecedented rise in socio-economic inequality in society at large. These two processes substantially eroded any ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
139
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137395917
SKU
V9781137395917
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99-15
About Roberto Roccu
Roberto Roccu is Lecturer in International Political Economy at King's College London, UK. His research focuses on the political economy of reforms in the Middle East, and on how these reforms might have unintentionally contributed to the wave of popular uprisings in the region.
Reviews for The Political Economy of the Egyptian Revolution: Mubarak, Economic Reforms and Failed Hegemony
By looking at Gramsci through a sophisticated and less usual political economy lens, Roccu has written a brilliant and convincing reconstruction of the short-lived honeymoon between Egyptian elites and neoliberalism in the 2000s. This book offers a fresh perspective from which to understand some of the reasons behind Mubarak's fall in 2011 as well as some suggestions for reading the ... Read more