The Egyptian Social Contract
Title | The Egyptian Social Contract PDF eBook |
Author | Relli Shechter |
Publisher | EUP |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2023-01-31 |
Genre | Egypt |
ISBN | 9781399510301 |
Examines state-middle class reciprocities in the making, persistence and failure of the Egyptian social contract The Egyptian Social Contract explores the intricacies of the relationship between the state and its citizens, from the establishment of the semi-independent Egyptian nation in 1922 until the 2011 Uprising. The book studies how and why a social contract that had been reformed in the aftermath of World War II became the core of state-citizen relations under President Nasser. It further explores the long and tortuous search for a new social contract in Egypt since the 1970s. Relli Shechter looks at how this social contract channelled socioeconomic development over time, creating an Egyptian middle-class society. Shechter probes a political economy in which class vision and interests in development intertwined with the rise and entrenchment of authoritarianism. The perseverance of this social contract has mostly inhibited socioeconomic and political reforms, or the making of a new social contract, in Egypt. Such reforms would have challenged Egypt's ruling elite, and no less so its middle-class society. Key Features Foregrounds the social history of state-citizen relations Explores the intricacies of both the formal and informal layers of Egypt's social contract, as well as the gaps between the two Investigates how the Egyptian social contract interacted with changing global trends in socioeconomic development and governance Employs public discourse, legislation and the analysis of institutional capacity and state allocation in an innovative, interdisciplinary study of the social contract Provides a rich context for our understanding of the contemporary search for a new social contract in Egypt and the Middle East Relli Shechter is an Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Middle East Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
The Nineteenth Century Discursive Roots of the Continuing Debate on the Social Contract in Today's Egypt
Title | The Nineteenth Century Discursive Roots of the Continuing Debate on the Social Contract in Today's Egypt PDF eBook |
Author | Mervat Fayez Hatem |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Consensus (Social sciences) |
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Egypt's Advance Toward a New Social Contract
Title | Egypt's Advance Toward a New Social Contract PDF eBook |
Author | Ofir Winter |
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Pages | 0 |
Release | 2022 |
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The Social Contract Undermined Through Economic Reforms: the End of an Era for the Egyptian Middle Classes
Title | The Social Contract Undermined Through Economic Reforms: the End of an Era for the Egyptian Middle Classes PDF eBook |
Author | Nora Aboushady |
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Pages | |
Release | 2018 |
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Redrawing State-society Boundaries
Title | Redrawing State-society Boundaries PDF eBook |
Author | Maggie Samir Kamel |
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Pages | |
Release | 2001 |
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The Rise of the Egyptian Middle Class
Title | The Rise of the Egyptian Middle Class PDF eBook |
Author | Relli Shechter |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 287 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 1108474489 |
Working into the middle class -- "Crisis of supply in every household" -- 'Provocative consumption' -- 'Parasites' -- The resurgence of middle-class Islam.
Rewriting the Social Contract
Title | Rewriting the Social Contract PDF eBook |
Author | Asya El-Meehy |
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Pages | |
Release | 2013 |
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ISBN | 9780494793589 |