Negotiating statist neoliberalism: the political economy of post-revolution Egypt
Review of African Political Economy, 2019
This article explores the reproduction of Egypt’s post-revolutionary political economy under the ... more This article explores the reproduction of Egypt’s post-revolutionary political economy under the military regime. Through an examination of tax and fiscal policy, the authors argue that a strategic wedding of seemingly contradictory state types allows the current regime to create a hybrid they call ‘statist neoliberalism’. The article argues that this hybrid form is not accidental, but is an intentional project that allows the state to sustain neoliberal reforms, whilst maintaining its long-standing control over society and the economy.
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conference held on the campus of the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the Department of
Sociology, Urbana, Illinois, USA, April 20-21, 2018.
The conference was supported by the work and help of
the University of Illinois system, including the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)-Department
of Sociology, the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC)-Department
of Sociology, and the Center for South Asian
and Middle Eastern Studies (CSAMES) at the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
This year’s theme involved space and meaning in contemporary
social movements. Professor Atef Said
provided an excellent keynote address that spoke not
only to his empirical findings from having spent several
years working in Egypt, but additionally, he emphasized
the need for reflexivity in the social sciences.
The ability for sociologists to see themselves within
the broader systems of relations in which they operate
is useful both in scholastic and public engagement.
Thus, such a methodological principle need not only
relegate itself to academic pursuits, but find applications
within the public sphere.
It is with these ideas in mind that the Fourth Annual
Graduate Student Conference in Sociology brought
together diverse graduate student scholars, not only
from sociology, but also from anthropology, urban planning
and political science. The issues of social movements
animated our discussions and each presentation
brought to bear a unique vision on substantive
contemporary social concerns from civic engagement,
to environmental politics, issues of race, sexuality, and
international development, just to name a few. These
concerns and more will continue to engage young
scholars as the conference will look to inaugurate its
2019 conference at the quinquennial mark.
يتناول التقرير تاريخ عزبة التحسين، ويرصد المعاناة التي يعيشها أهالي التحسين منذ نزوحهم للقرية وتهميشهم من قبل أصحاب القرار وحتي بداية مقاومة الاهالي له، و يحكي التقرير كيف كانت التحسين وغيرها من القرى ضحية للفساد فى قطاع الزراعة وتحول الإصلاح الزراعي من مشروع لتمكين الفلاح المصري لمشروع لمديونية الفلاح.
يسرد التقرير آليات الاحتجاج الفريدة التي استخدمها الأهالي، بداية من المناشدات عبر وسائل الاعلام والتظاهر واللإضراب ،وصولا إلى التلويح بالإنفصال الاداري، ورد فعل السلطة والرأي العام تجاه هذا الحراك، كما يتناول التقرير مستقبل قرية التحسين وإمكانيات أهالي القرية في المقاومة من جديد، خصوصا في ظل النظام الحالي وقانون التظاهر.