Egypt The Moment of Change

This book is the first for over 20 years to comprehensively and accessibly examine contemporary issues in Egypt. It presents a series of analyses of politics, culture and society, including many by Egyptian academics and activists. It addresses the turmoil created by imposition of neo-liberal economic policies, the increasingly fragile nature of an authoritarian regime, the influence of movements for democratic opening and popular participation, and the impacts of Islamism. The authors argue that Egypt has entered a period of instability and that the Mubarak regime faces multiple challenges. The book assesses the oppositional movements and the state's ability to resist them and suggests that events in Egypt will have implications across the Global South.