Research Catalog

Businessmen, clientelism, and authoritarianism in Egypt / Safinaz El Tarouty.

Title
  1. Businessmen, clientelism, and authoritarianism in Egypt / Safinaz El Tarouty.
Published by
  1. New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Author
  1. El Tarouty, Safinaz, 1974-

Items in the library and off-site

Filter by

Displaying 1 item

StatusFormatAccessCall numberItem location
Status
Request for on-site useRequest scan
How do I pick up this item and when will it be ready?
FormatTextAccessRequest in advanceCall numberJQ3869.P7 E5 2015Item locationOff-site

Details

Description
  1. x, 208 pages; 23 cm
Summary
  1. "After the ousting of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak in February 2011, there was much debate about the reasons for the former regime's longevity and its collapse. Here, Safinaz El Tarouty provides an original contribution to the study of authoritarianism in Egypt by focusing on the role of businessmen in authoritarian survival. As the regime intensified neo-liberal economic reforms that led to social deprivation and frustration amongst increasing numbers of Egyptian citizens, they co-opted businessmen in order to defuse challenges and buttress the regime, constructing a new political economy of authoritarianism. Extending the existing literature on clientelism, El Tarouty creates a typology of regime-businessmen relations to describe the multiple mechanisms of co-option in the context of economic liberalization. Ultimately, though, these businessmen proved too narrow a constituency to provide legitimacy to the regime and in fact formed one of the reasons for its collapse"--
Subject
  1. Protests (Egypt : 2011-2013)
  2. Since 1981
  3. Businessmen > Political activity > Egypt
  4. Business and politics > Egypt
  5. Authoritarianism > Egypt
  6. Patron and client > Egypt
  7. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Government & Business
  8. POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
  9. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration
  10. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Leadership
  11. Authoritarianism
  12. Business and politics
  13. Businessmen > Political activity
  14. Patron and client
  15. Politics and government
  16. Autoritärer Staat
  17. Nepotismus
  18. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy
  19. Politischer Wandel
  20. Politisches Handeln
  21. Unruhen
  22. Unternehmer
  23. Egypt > Politics and government > 1981-
  24. Egypt > History > Protests, 2011-
  25. Egypt
Genre/Form
  1. History
  2. History.
Contents
  1. Introduction -- 1. The Uprising, Authoritarianism and Political Transformation -- 2. Egyptian Businessmen in a Historical Perspective -- 3. Parliamentary Businessmen -- 4. The Social Networks of the Mubarak Family and the Businessmen -- 5. Businessmen in the Opposition -- Conclusion.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing action (note)
  1. committed to retain