The Autumn Of Dictatorship: Fiscal Crisis And Political Change In Egypt Under Mubarak (Stanford Studies In Middle Eastern And Is,New

The Autumn Of Dictatorship: Fiscal Crisis And Political Change In Egypt Under Mubarak (Stanford Studies In Middle Eastern And Is,New

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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, have increased dramatically over recent years. In hindsight, it is the durability of the Mubarak regime, not its sudden loss of legitimacy that should be more surprising. Though many have turned to social media for explanation of the events, in this book, Samer Soliman follows the ageold adagefollow the money.Over the last thirty years, the Egyptian state has increasingly given its citizens less money and fewer social benefits while simultaneously demanding more taxes and resources. This has lead to a weakened statedeteriorating public services, low levels of law enforcement, poor opportunities for employment and economic developmentwhile simultaneously inflated the security machine that sustains the authoritarian regime. Studying the regime from the point of view of its deeds rather than its discourse, this book tackles the relationship between fiscal crisis and political change in Egypt.Ultimately, the Egyptian case is not one of the success of a regime, but the failure of a state. The regime lasted for 30 years because it was able to sustain and reproduce itself, but left an increasingly weakened state, unable to facilitate capitalist development in the country. The resulting financial crisis profoundly changed the socioeconomic landscape of the country, and now is paving the way for political change and the emergence of new social forces.

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