The Political Economy of the Egyptian Revolution : Mubarak, Economic Reforms and Failed Hegemony (Paperback)

Introduction - Bread, dignity, social justice and economic reforms 1. A Gramscian approach to the study of the political economy of reforms 2. The Egyptian way to neoliberalism? IMF, World Bank and reforms in Egypt 3. Of success and greed: the new business class turns into capitalist oligarchy 4. Ideology resurgent? Neoliberalism as economic-corporate project for the few 5. From hubris to debris: global crisis and the end of the Mubarak regime Conclusion: Gramsci, failed hegemony and the fall of Mubarak Postscript: Back to square one? Considerations on Egypt's uncertain future