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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456695403321

Titolo

Egypt [[electronic resource] ] : the moment of change / / edited by Rabab El-Mahdi & Philip Marfleet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Zed Books, c2009

ISBN

1-84813-654-4

1-282-45356-4

9786612453564

1-84972-999-9

1-84813-504-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

El-MahdiRabab

MarfleetPhilip <1948->

Disciplina

962.055

Soggetti

Politics, Practical - Egypt

Electronic books.

Egypt Politics and government 1981-2011

Egypt Social conditions 1981-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-179) and index.

Nota di contenuto

State and society / Philip Marfleet -- Economic policy : from state control to decay and corruption / Ahmad El-Sayed El-Naggar -- The land and the people / Ray Bush -- Workers' struggles under "socialism" and neoliberalism / Joel Beinin -- The democracy movement : cycles of protest / Rabab El-Mahdi -- Islamism(s) old and new / Sameh Naguib -- Torture : a state policy / Aida Seif El-Dawla -- Mubarak in the international arena / Anne Alexander -- Conclusion : what's next? / Rabab El-Mahdi & Philip Marfleet.

Sommario/riassunto

Egypt is at the axis of the Arab world, but there have been few attempts to understand contemporary Egyptian society. This book addresses the turmoil created by neoliberal economic policies, the increasingly fragile nature of the authoritarian regime, the influence of movements for democratic opening and popular participation, and the impact of Islamism.