Preface

Growth of the state under Mubarak : follow the revenue trail

Changes in the distribution of state revenues : security prevails

The impact of the fiscal crisis on the relationship between central and local government : decentralization or fragmentation?

From the rentier to the predatory state : transformations in the mechanisms for generating public revenues and their political consequences

The end of the rentier/caretaker state and the rise of Egyptian capitalism : a fiscal infrastructure for democracy?

Epilogue.