Sarah Smierciak

Cronyism and Elite Capture in Egypt (eBook, ePUB)

From Businessmen Cabinet to Military Inc.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000485318
• Artikelnr.: 62832845

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

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