The autumn of dictatorship : fiscal crisis and political change in Egypt under Mubarak

The autumn of dictatorship : fiscal crisis and political change in Egypt under Mubarak / Samer Soliman ; translated by Peter Daniel.

The Egyptian protests in early 2011 took many by surprise. In the days immediately following, commentators wondered openly over the changing situation across the Middle East. But protest is nothing new to Egypt, and labor activism and political activism, most notably the Kifaya (Enough) movement, ha...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sulaymān, Samīr, 1968- (Author)
Other Authors: Daniel, Peter (Peter Otto) (Translator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Arabic
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2011.
Series:Stanford studies in Middle Eastern and Islamic societies and cultures.
Subjects:
Since 1981
Finance, Public > Egypt.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Public Finance.
Economic history
Economic policy
Finance, Public
Politics and government
Egypt > Politics and government > 1981-2011.
Egypt > Economic policy.
Egypt > Economic conditions > 1981-
Egypt
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Growth of the state under Mubarak : follow the revenue trail
  • Changes in the distribution of state revenues : security prevails
  • The impact of the fiscal crisis on the relationship between central and local government : decentralization or fragmentation?
  • From the rentier to the predatory state : transformations in the mechanisms for generating public revenues and their political consequences
  • The end of the rentier/caretaker state and the rise of Egyptian capitalism : a fiscal infrastructure for democracy?
  • Epilogue.

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