Postcoloniality and Statehood - The Case of Egypt

This book traces the evolution of the postcolonial state and the social contract in Egypt. It problematises two of the most ubiquitous and contentious terms: democratisation and development, within the context of Egypt and the larger Global South.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Theorising the State 3. The Political Elite and Its Uniform 4. Development (Terms and Conditions Attached) 5. Consonant Notes, Dissonant Notes 6. Counterhegemony and Democratisation in the Postcolony Afterword
Bibliography

About the author

is Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations at the Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA), O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), Sonepat. She is co-director of the research series Critical Interventions in Arts and Cultural Studies, a transdisciplinary research programme that focuses on intersections of art, culture and politics in the Global South. She obtained her PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Product details

• Authors: Priyanka Chandra, Chandra Priyanka, Priyanka Chandra
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 12.09.2025
• EAN: 9781041082255
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4108225-5
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, Nationalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, Colonialism & imperialism, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Regional Studies, Comparative Politics, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Political science and theory, North Africa, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity