Assess Egypt’s main social and economic problems and the impact of IMF-advocated policies on these problems.
Required Reading: 1. Achcar, G. (2016), “The ’23 July’ of Abdul-Fattah al-Sisi”, Ch. 2 of Morbid Symptoms: Relapse in the Arab Uprising, London. Saqi, pp. 65-150. 2. Chekir, H. and I. Diwan (2015), ‘Crony Capitalism in Egypt’, Journal of Globalization and Development, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 177-212. Available online and through Electronic Journals. Abdalla, N. (2017), The Trade Union Movement in Egypt in Light of the 2011 Uprising: Cooptation, Containment and Limits of Resistance, Beirut: AUB Policy Institute. Available online. 2. Abdelrahman, M. (2012), “A Hierarchy of Struggles? The ‘Economic’ and the ‘Political’ in Egypt’s Revolution”, Review of African Political Economy, vol. 29, no. 134, December, pp. 614-28. Available through Electronic Journals. 3. Abdelrahman, M. (2015), Egypt’s Long Revolution: Protest Movements and Uprisings, Abingdon: Routledge. Available in SOAS Library. 4. Abdelrahman, M. (2016), ‘Policing Neoliberalism in Egypt: The Continuing Rise of the ‘Securocratic’ State’, Third World Quarterly. Available through Electronic Journals. 5. Abul-Magd, Z. (2011), ‘The Army and the Economy in Egypt’, Jadaliyya, 23 December. Available online. 6. Abul-Magd, Z. (2012), ‘The Generals’ Secret: Egypt’s Ambivalent Market’, Sada, Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 9 February. Available online. 7. Achcar, G. (2011), ‘Stability and Instability in Egypt: A Closer Look at Recent Egyptian Growth’, in Claves de la Economia Mundial, 9a edici6n, Madrid: Institute Espariol de Comercio Exterior (ICEX), pp. 455-461. Available online.
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