Patronage Politics in Egypt: The National Democratic Party and Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo

ISBN-13: 9780415686235 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 184 str.

Mohamed Fahmy Menza

Opis

This is a study of the networks of political patronage that operate within the urban setting of contemporary Egypt, looking in particular at the activities of the ruling NDP and the opposition Muslim Brotherhood.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Who are the Lesser Notables? Historical Background and Modes of Production and Circulation, Affiliations and Political Roles 3. Misr Al Qadima: The Popular Quarter and the Politiy of the Lesser Notable 4. The Muslim Brotherhood, the Jamm’eya Al Shar’eyya and Networks of Support in Misr Al Qadima: The Role of the Lesser Notables 5. The Dissolved National Democratic Party-affiliated Lesser Notability in Misr al Qadima 6. Conclusions: Reflections on the sociopolitical agency and the Prospective Role of Lesser Notabilities in the Egyptian Polity

O autorze

Dr. Mohamed I. Fahmy Menza earned his PhD in Arab & Islamic Studies, specializing in　political economy and sociology, from the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies at Exeter University. He has previously taught courses in political economy and development at Exeter University and the American University in Cairo (AUC) and currently teaches Arab and Global South Dialogue at the Core Curriculum, AUC. His research interests lie within the field of Middle East politics and society in general, with a special focus on state/society relations, informal and patronage politics and the political economy of development.