Cronyism and Elite Capture in Egypt: From Businessmen Cabinet to Military Inc.

ISBN-13: 9781032028118 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 230 str.

Sarah Smierciak

Opis

This book highlights the complicity of international actors in facilitating inequality and elite capture. The interdisciplinary methodology argues that Western actors promoting market liberalization have served as central partners in enabling elites to capture the fruits of Egypt’s economic reforms.

Spis treści

Introduction Chapter 1: Providing Context Chapter 2: Reconceptualizing "Business" and "State" in Business-State Relations Chapter 3: Developing Egypt’s "SMEs:" The Social Fund for Development Chapter 4: USAID’s "Private Sector" Projects: Planting the Seeds of Exclusion Chapter 5: The Businessmen Cabinet’s "Public Private Partnerships" for Exclusive Development Chapter 6: Reform Losers: The Cosmopolitan Capital Deficient Chapter 7: Public Resources, Private Equity: Reaping the Fruits of Financial Liberalization Chapter 8: The QIZ Agreement: Negotiating Networks of Privilege Chapter 9: Expanding Privilege?: International Actors Complicating Domestic Agendas Chapter 10: Reorganizing Networks of Privilege: Disruption, Reconfiguration and Persistence in the Face of Regime Change, 2011-2020 Conclusion Acronyms Bibliography Appendix I: Network Chart

O autorze

Sarah Smierciak is currently based in Cairo where she writes freelance political economy analysis. She taught undergraduate courses on history and politics in the Middle East and North Africa at Oxford University. In 2016 she was awarded a Fulbright Grant to conduct research in Istanbul with Syrian and Iraqi communities. Sarah co-edited the Routledge Handbook on Contemporary Egypt (2021) and wrote Moon Egypt, a travel guide for the Moon series (2022).