Lumbering State, Restless Society : : Egypt in the Modern Era / / Amr Adly, Shimaa Hatab, Nathan J. Brown.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• VerfasserIn: Brown, Nathan J.,; Adly, Amr,; Hatab, Shimaa,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Columbia Studies in Middle East Politics
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Lumbering State, Restless Society offers a comprehensive and compelling understanding of modern Egypt. Nathan J. Brown, Shimaa Hatab, and Amr Adly guide readers through crucial developments in Egyptian politics, society, and economics from the middle of the twentieth century through the present. Integrating diverse perspectives and areas of expertise, including the tools of comparative politics, the book provides an accessible and clear introduction to the Egypt of today alongside an innovative and rigorous analysis of the country’s history and governance.Brown, Hatab, and Adly highlight ways in which Egypt resembles other societies around the world, drawing from and contributing to broader debates in political science. They trace the emergence of a powerful and intrusive state alongside a society that is increasingly politicized, and they emphasize how the rulers and regimes who have built and steered the state apparatus have also had to retreat and recalibrate. The authors also examine why authoritarianism, corporatism, and socialism have decayed without resulting in a liberal democratic order, and they show why Egyptian politics should not be understood in terms of a single dominant force but rather an interplay among many actors. At once current, insightful, and engaging, Lumbering State, Restless Society delivers a powerful and distinctive account of modern Egypt in the modern world.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter One. Multivocal yet Authoritarian Egypt -- Part I. The Egyptian State -- Introduction -- Chapter Two Governing Egypt: The Construction of the Modern Egyptian State -- Chapter Three Between State and Regime: The Evolution of Egyptian Authoritarianism -- Part II. Egyptian Society -- Introduction -- Chapter Four The Rise and Decay of Social Control— and the Perpetuation of Authoritarianism -- Chapter Five Civil Society Organizations: Limited Political Agenda and Mounting Resistance -- Chapter Six Islam and Religion in Egyptian State, Society, and Economy -- Part III. The Egyptian Economy -- Introduction -- Chapter Seven Market Making without Development -- Chapter Eight The Military’s Civilian Economy -- Chapter Nine The Uprising of 2011 and the New Regime -- NOTES -- A SELECTIVE GUIDE TO SCHOLARLY WRITING ON EGYPT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX