Crisis and Class War in Egypt: Class Warfare, the State and Global Political Economy

by Sean McMahon

Book Overview

In 2011, capital's crisis erupted in Egyptian society. This eruption, and subsequent politics, have been misrepresented as revolutionary, as the working class was - and is increasingly so - devalued and disempowered.

In Crisis and Class War in Egypt, Sean F. McMahon critically analyses Egypt's recent political history. He argues that the so-called 'revolution' was the appearance of capital's destruction of the value of the Egyptian working...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783605030
• ISBN13: 9781783605033
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"