This book examines the evolution and development of environmental politics in Egypt, and how networks operate inside an authoritarian system. Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted in Egypt between 1997 and 2010, including more than 200 interviews with environmental experts, officials, activists, and firm managers, the author employs an analytical framework to explore dynamics in three environmental policy domains in Egypt. She traces attempts by environmental networks to control industrial pollution, create and preserve protected areas, and restructure the management of Egypt 's scarce water supplies, contributing to a more refined understanding of public policy making and social protest under authoritarian rule in Egypt and the Arab world.

1. Networks, Authority and Environmental Politics in Egypt 2. Managerial Networks: Domestic Institutional-Building and International Engagement 3. Persistent Hotspots of Industrial Pollution: Managerial Networks, State- Ownership, and Poor Environmental Performance 4. Activist Networks and Anti-Pollution Campaigns in the Provinves 5. Natural Heritage, Mass Tourism: Conservation Networks and Coastal Land Use Conflicts 6. From Masqa to Ministry: Managerial Networks and Integrated Water Management 7. Environmental Politics in Revolutionary Times

Jeannie L. Sowers is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of New Hampshire. Her research focuses on the intersections of politics and environmental issues in the Middle East and North Africa. She co-edited The Journey to Tahrir: Revolution, Protest, and Social Change in Egypt (2012), and has published articles in Climatic Change, the Journal of Environment and Development, Development and Change, and Middle East Report.