Food riots in the developing world have (re) gained momentum coinciding with converging
financial, food, and global energy crises of 2007–08. High staple food prices across the …

Can one explain the power of global capitalism without attributing to capital a logic and
coherence it does not have? Can one account for the powers of techno-science in terms that …

When a popular revolt forced long-ruling Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to resign on
February 11, 2011, US President Barack Obama hailed the victory of peaceful …

This book aims to make a contribution to two debates: on the political liberalization and
democratization of countries in the 'Third World', and on the modern and contemporary …

Though the regimes of Egyptian presidents Nasser, Sadat and Mubarak have been
decidedly different, the nature of personal authoritarian rule in Egypt has remained virtually …

From ancient Mesopotamia into the 20th century," the Circle of Justice" as a concept has
pervaded Middle Eastern political thought and underpinned the exercise of power in the …

In the wake of the global food crisis of 2008, Middle Eastern oil producers have announced
multi-billion investments to secure food supplies from abroad. Often called land grabs, such …

What is a global market? How does it work? At a time when new crises in world markets
cannot be satisfactorily resolved through old ideas, Market Threads presents a detailed …

This book examines the ways in which poverty in the Global South is created and
reproduced. More than a billion people, one in five, live on less than US $1 a day. Poverty is …

This new study deals with the unfolding of the great political and economic transformations
of the modern Egyptian state from the appointment of Muhammad Ali as governor of Egypt in …