Nathan J. Brown is professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University. His books include Arguing Islam After the Revival of Arab Politics (2017).Shimaa Hatab is assistant professor of political science at Cairo University. Her work has appeared in journals such as Comparative Politics and Democratization.Amr Adly is assistant professor of political science at the American University in Cairo. He is the author of Cleft Capitalism: The Social Origins of Failed Market Making in Egypt (2020).

• Preface1. Multivocal yet Authoritarian EgyptPart I. The Egyptian State2. Governing Egypt: The Construction of the Modern Egyptian State3. Between State and Regime: The Evolution of Egyptian AuthoritarianismPart II. Egyptian Society4. The Rise and Decay of Social Control—and the Perpetuation of Authoritarianism5. Civil Society Organizations: Limited Political Agenda and Mounting Resistance6. Islam and Religion in Egyptian State, Society, and EconomyPart III. The Egyptian Economy7. Market Making Without Development8. The Military’s Civilian Economy9. The Uprising of 2011 and the New RegimeNotesA Selective Guide to Scholarly Writing on EgyptBibliographyIndex

By highlighting the shifting roles of the state versus the regime, Brown, Hatab, and Adly offer a fresh way to understand modern Egyptian politics, including the momentous changes since 2011. The analysis of the roles of the private sector and the military in the economy is sophisticated and compelling.