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Businessmen, Clientelism, and Authoritarianism in Egypt

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After the ousting of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011, much debate surrounded the reasons for the former regime’s longevity and its collapse. Here, Safinaz El Tarouty provides an original contribution to the study of authoritarianism in Egypt by focusing on the role of businessmen in authoritarian survival. As the regime intensified neoliberal economic reforms that led to social deprivation and frustration among increasing numbers of Egyptian citizens, they co-opted businessmen in order to defuse challenges and buttress the regime, constructing a new political economy of authoritarianism. Extending the existing literature on clientelism, El Tarouty creates a typology of regime-businessmen relations to describe the multiple mechanisms of co-option in the context of economic liberalization. Ultimately, though, these businessmen proved too narrow a constituency to provide legitimacy to the regime and, in fact, formed one of the reasons for its collapse.

Author

Safinaz el Tarouty

Format

Ebook

ISBN

9781137493378

Language

English

Pages

548

Publication Date

09-09-2015

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

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