1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461371103321

Titolo

Egypt's Tahrir revolution / / edited by Dan Tschirgi, Walid Kazziha and Sean F. McMahon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boulder, Colorado ; ; London, [England] : , : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

1-62637-338-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

962.05/6

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Egypt History Protests, 2011-

Egypt Politics and government 1981-2011

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title page; copyright page; Dedication; Contents; ch1-Introduction; The Puzzle of Egypt's Long-Term Future; Structure of the Book; Note; Part1-The Revolution in Egypt; ch2-What Went Wrong with Mubarak's Regime?; Successes That Eroded Popular Support for the Regime; Where Mubarak Could Have Had a Choice; The People's Assembly Elections of 2010; Dealing with Collective Protest; The Tunisian Demonstration Effect; Conclusion; Notes; ch3-Egypt Under Mubarak: A Family Affair; Growing Malaise; Mubarak: The Early Years; Sharing Power; The First Egyptian Republic; Mubarak's Contribution

The Security Establishment: The Hard SectorThe Political and Economic Sphere: The Soft Sector; Division of Labor, Not Dual Power; Conclusion; Notes; ch4-The Political Economy of Egypt's Revolution; Populism, Neoliberalism, and Neopopulism; Populism, Neoliberalism, and Neopopulism in Egypt; Neopopulism, Democracy, and Development; Prospects for Democracy, Development, and Social Equality in Egypt; The Post-Revolutionary State; Notes; ch5-Youth Power and the Revolution; Why Was Egypt "Ripe for Revolution" in 2011?; The Tahrir Revolution; Not Just About Mubarak: Rebellion Against Patriarchy

Revolution in ProgressConclusion; Notes; ch6-Egyptian Women in Revolt: Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Roles; Egypt Under Mubarak;



The Butterfly Effect; The Targeting of Kefaya Women; "Women Are Here, Where Are the Men?"; Scare Tactics Against Women; Women as Protectors; Doctors Without Rights; Women in the Revolution and Beyond; Conclusion; Notes; ch7-Revolution Without Islamists?; Prologue to Revolution; The Revolution; Transitional Pact; The Islamists Since the Revolution; Conclusion; Notes; Part2-The Context of the Revolution

ch8-The Implosion of Political Patronage Regimes in the Middle EastOn Implosion and Rentierism; Two Distinct Phases of Patronage; Diverse Conditions, Similar Uprisings; New Urban and Rural Spaces; Uprisings in the Era of Globalization; Possible Scenarios: Directions of Transitions; Notes; ch9-Egypt's Social Forces, the State, and the Middle East Order; Neo-Gramscian Analysis; Social Forces in Egypt; Persisting Form of State; Egypt in the Middle East Order; Conclusion; Notes; ch10-Egypt's Uncertain Transition; Egypt's Political Economy; Actors and the Final Transition Process; Notes

Part3-Implications of the Revolutionch11-Two Peaceful Revolutions Compared: Egypt and East Germany; The Public Sphere in Nondemocratic Regimes; Dynamics of Mobilization; The Structure of Political Opportunities; Conclusion; Notes; ch12-Israel and the Tahrir Revolution; Why Were You with Pharaoh, Israel?; Challenges and Opportunities; Conclusion; Notes; ch13-The United States and the Tahrir Revolution; The United States and Egypt; The Dilemma Posed by the Upheaval of January 2011; The Revolution's Aftermath; Notes; Part4-Conclusion; ch14-Egypt in the Balance; Egypt in the Global Environment

Significance for Political Science



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996385022003316

Autore

Booker John <1603-1667.>

Titolo

Celestiall observations, or, An ephemeris of the planetary motions [[electronic resource] ] : their various configurations, aspects and conjunctions : together with the suns ingress in the cardinall points of heaven : wherein as a prospective glass may astrologically be observed the condition and state of the year of our redemption 1651, being the third after the bissextile or leap year, and since the creation, 5644 : calculated for the meridian of the honourable and populous city of London, being the metropolis of Great Brittaine ... / / by John Booker .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Imprinted by F.K. for the Company of Stationers, 1651

Descrizione fisica

[46] p

Soggetti

Almanacs, English

Astrology

Ephemerides

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Imperfect: pages faded with some loss of print.

Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0014