Crisis And Class War In Egypt

Author : Sean F. McMahon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781783605040

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Crisis and Class War in Egypt by Sean F. McMahon Pdf

In 2011, capital's crisis erupted in Egyptian society. This eruption, and subsequent politics, have been misrepresented as revolutionary, as the working class was – and is increasingly so – devalued and disempowered. In Crisis and Class War in Egypt, Sean F. McMahon critically analyses Egypt's recent political history. He argues that the so-called 'revolution' was the appearance of capital's destruction of the value of the Egyptian working class and an existential crisis for capital. In response, productive capital in the form of the military used, disposed of and replaced its junior partners in governing; first the predatory capital of the Mubarak state with the commodity capital of the Muslim Brotherhood, and then commodity capital with the finance capital of the Gulf Cooperation Council. These reconfigurations have been expressed in all manner of reactionary governmental arrangements including constitutions, legislation and currency reform. Extending today's analysis into the near future, McMahon sees the war of Egyptian society intensifying, and increasingly violent lives for Egyptian workers.

Author : Mahmoud Hussein
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0853453349

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Class Conflict in Egypt, 1945-1970 by Mahmoud Hussein Pdf

Author : Andreas Bieler,Adam David Morton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108479103

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Global Capitalism, Global War, Global Crisis by Andreas Bieler,Adam David Morton Pdf

Addresses the internal relations of global capitalism, global war, global crisis, connecting uneven and combined development, social reproduction, and world-ecology to appeal to scholars and students alike.

Author : Ahmed Ghazal
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780755603169

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Egyptian Cinema and the 2011 Revolution by Ahmed Ghazal Pdf

Egypt's film industry is the largest in the Middle East, with an output that spreads across the region and the world. In the run-up to and throughout the 2011 Revolution, a complex relationship formed between the industry and the people's uprising. Both a form of political expression and a documentation of historical events, 'revolutionary' film techniques have contributed to the cultural memory of 2011. At the same time, these films and their makers have been the target of increasing state control and intervention. Ahmed Ghazal, drawing upon his own background in film-making, looks at the way in which Egyptian film has shaped, and been shaped by, the events leading up to and beyond Egypt's 2011 revolution. Drawing on interviews with protagonists in the industry, analysis of films, and archival research, he analyses the critical issues affecting the political economy of the industry. He also explores the technological developments of independent productions and the cinematic themes of dictatorship, poverty, corruption and police brutality that have accompanied the people's calls for freedom - and the counterrevolution that has tried to suppress them.

Author : Angela Joya
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108478366

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The Roots of Revolt by Angela Joya Pdf

A conceptually rich, historically informed study of the contested politics emerging out of decades of authoritarian neoliberalism in Egypt.

Author : George Klay Kieh Jr.,Kelechi A. Kalu
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781793643070

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Democratization and Military Coups in Africa by George Klay Kieh Jr.,Kelechi A. Kalu Pdf

Democratization and Military Coups in Africa: Post-1990 Political Conflicts studies the seemingly endless cycle of coups that have occurred in Africa since the “Free Officers Coup” of 1952 in Egypt. Unfortunately, after more than three decades of the “third wave of democratization” that began in the 1990’s, military coups remain a firm figure on the African political landscape. Although the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and its successor, the African Union (AU), have developed and implemented anti-coup norms, they have not deterred coup-makers. Contributors to this volume analyze the major fault lines in the body politics of African states that have created the conditions for coup-making and offer suggestions for ending the cycle of coups. Using countries such as Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Mauritania, Sierra Leone, and Sudan as case studies, each chapter studies the causes, effects, and evolution of military coups in Africa in order to show that eliminating military coups will require identifying and addressing the root causes of the coup in each affected state.

Author : Jesse Ferris
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691155142

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Nasser's Gamble by Jesse Ferris Pdf

Nasser's Gamble draws on declassified documents from six countries and original material in Arabic, German, Hebrew, and Russian to present a new understanding of Egypt's disastrous five-year intervention in Yemen, which Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser later referred to as "my Vietnam." Jesse Ferris argues that Nasser's attempt to export the Egyptian revolution to Yemen played a decisive role in destabilizing Egypt's relations with the Cold War powers, tarnishing its image in the Arab world, ruining its economy, and driving its rulers to instigate the fatal series of missteps that led to war with Israel in 1967. Viewing the Six Day War as an unintended consequence of the Saudi-Egyptian struggle over Yemen, Ferris demonstrates that the most important Cold War conflict in the Middle East was not the clash between Israel and its neighbors. It was the inter-Arab struggle between monarchies and republics over power and legitimacy. Egypt's defeat in the "Arab Cold War" set the stage for the rise of Saudi Arabia and political Islam. Bold and provocative, Nasser's Gamble brings to life a critical phase in the modern history of the Middle East. Its compelling analysis of Egypt's fall from power in the 1960s offers new insights into the decline of Arab nationalism, exposing the deep historical roots of the Arab Spring of 2011.

Author : Sabah Alnasseri
Publisher : Springer
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137591500

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Arab Revolutions and Beyond by Sabah Alnasseri Pdf

This edited volume brings together global perspectives on twenty-first century Arab revolutions to theoretically and methodologically link these contemporary uprisings to resistance and protest movements worldwide, above all in the Americas. In their analyses of these transformations, the international contributors engage in an exploration of a variety of themes such as social movements and cultures of resistance, geopolitical economics, civic virtue, identity building, human rights, and foreign economic and political influence. What is the historical significance of these revolutions? What are the implications beyond the Middle East? And how are struggles in other regions of the world being influenced by these events? These heretofore largely unanswered questions are addressed in this collection, developed from presentations at a 2013 international conference on the “Arab Revolutions and Beyond” at York University, Toronto, Canada.

Author : Sara Salem
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108491518

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Anticolonial Afterlives in Egypt by Sara Salem Pdf

Through Gramsci and Fanon, Salem centers anticolonial politics by exploring the connections between Egypt's moment of decolonization and the 2011 revolution.

Author : Philip Zelikow,Ernest May
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780815735731

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Suez Deconstructed by Philip Zelikow,Ernest May Pdf

Experiencing a major crisis from different viewpoints, step by step. The Suez crisis of 1956—now little more than dim history for many people—offers a master class in statecraft. It was a potentially explosive Middle East confrontation capped by a surprise move that reshaped the region for years to come. It was a diplomatic crisis that riveted the world's attention. And it was a short but startling war that ended in unexpected ways for every country involved. Six countries, including two superpowers, had major roles, but each saw the situation differently. From one stage to the next, it could be hard to tell which state was really driving the action. As in any good ensemble, all the actors had pivotal parts to play. Like an illustration that uses an exploded view of an object to show how it works, this book uses an unprecedented design to deconstruct the Suez crisis. The story is broken down into three distinct phases. In each phase, the reader sees the issues as they were perceived by each country involved, taking into account different types of information and diverse characteristics of each leader and that leader's unique perspectives. Then, after each phase has been laid out, editorial observations invite the reader to consider the interplay. Developed by an unusual group of veteran policy practitioners and historians working as a team, Suez Deconstructed is not just a fresh way to understand the history of a major world crisis. Whether one's primary interest is statecraft or history, this study provides a fascinating step-by-step experience, repeatedly shifting from one viewpoint to another. At each stage, readers can gain rare experience in the way these very human leaders sized up their situations, defined and redefined their problems, improvised diplomatic or military solutions, sought ways to influence each other, and tried to change the course of history.

Author : Khalil al-Anani,Khalīl ʻAnānī
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190279738

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Inside the Muslim Brotherhood by Khalil al-Anani,Khalīl ʻAnānī Pdf

Inside the Muslim Brotherhood' provides a comprehensive analysis of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt since 1981. The book unpacks the principal factors that shape the Brotherhood's identity, organization, and activism, investigating the processes of socialization, indoctrination, recruitment, identification, networking, and mobilization utilized by the movement. Khalil al-Anani argues that the Brotherhood is not merely a political actor seeks power but also an identity maker that aims to change societal values, norms, and morals to line up with its ideology and worldview. As a socio-political movement, he finds, the Brotherhood is involved in an intensive process of meaning construction and symbolic production that shape individuals' identity and gives sense to their lives. The result is Brotherhood a distinctive code of identity that governs the norms, values, and regulations that bind members together, maintains their activism, and guides their behavior in everyday life.

Author : John Waterbury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0691101477

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The Egypt of Nasser and Sadat by John Waterbury Pdf

A balance sheet of thirty years of revolutionary experiment, this work is a comprehensive analysis of the failure of the socialist transformation of Egypt during the regimes of Nasser and Sadat. Testing recent theories of the nature of the developing states and their relation both to indigenous class forces and to external pressures from advanced industrial societies, John Waterbury describes the limited but complex choices available to Egyptian policy-makers in their attempts to reconcile the goals of reform and capital accumulation. Originally published in 1983. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Leo Zeilig
Publisher : Haymarket Books
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781608460564

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Class Struggle and Resistance in Africa by Leo Zeilig Pdf

This collection of essays and interviews studies class struggle and social empowerment on the African continent.

Author : Nadia Ramsis Farah
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-03
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135091088

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Religious Strife in Egypt (RLE Egypt) by Nadia Ramsis Farah Pdf

This critical analysis investigates the causes that brought about one of the most tumultuous periods in modern Egyptian history – the clashes between the Muslims and Copts during the 1970s. A unique retrospective, it features probing interviews with Egyptian intellectuals, writers, political and religious leaders, as well as common citizens from both the Muslim and Copt communities. Within a framework of economic, political and ideological factors, Nadia Ramsis Farah is able to synthesize a compelling portrait of a troubled national conscience in the face of religious strife. First published 1986.

Author : Michael N. Barnett
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400820702

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Confronting the Costs of War by Michael N. Barnett Pdf

What determines the strategies by which a state mobilizes resources for war? And does war preparation strengthen or weaken the state in relation to society? In addressing these questions, Michael Barnett develops a novel theoretical framework that traces the connection between war preparation and changes in state-society relations, and applies that framework to Egypt from 1952 to 1977 and Israel from 1948 through 1977. Confronting the Costs of War addresses major issues in international relations, comparative politics, and Middle Eastern studies.