Bread, freedom, social justice : workers and the egyptian revolution / / Anne Alexander, Mostafa Bassiouny ; Kika Sroka-Miller, cover design

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463670403321
• Autore: Alexander Anne <1974->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-78032-433-2; 1-78032-430-8; 1-78032-432-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (404 p.)
• Disciplina: 962
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; Egypt Economic conditions 1981-; Egypt History 1952-1970; 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: Front Cover; About the Authors; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction: From the Republic of Tahrir to the Republic of Fear? Theorising Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Egypt 2011-14; States and capitals in the Middle East:some observations; Political and social revolutions: preliminary notes; Analysing Islamism; Reformism and the workers' movement; Towards 'permanent revolution'?; Chapter 1: From Nasserism to Neoliberalism: A New Amalgam of State and Private Capital; The rise of Nasserism; Infitah and the long crisis of the Nasserist state Structural adjustment: the state withdraws from the Nasserist social contract; The reduction of public-sector employment; A new amalgam of state and private capital; Chapter 2: The Changing Structure of the Egyptian Working Class in the Neoliberal ERA; 'Where are the workers?'; Table 2.1 Waged employees and non-waged labour in the total labour force, 1980-2007; Figure 2.1 Total employment by status in employment; Restructuring the Egyptian working class: global trends; Table 2.2 The growing private sector, ; 1980-2004; Table 2.3 Economic sectors: value added Table 2.4 Non-agricultural paid employment as a proportion of total employment, 1980-2007; Table 2.5 Economically active population relative to total population; Table 2.6 Women as a proportion of the total employed workforce, selected sectors; Table 2.7 Women's weekly wages in the lowest-paying sectors, 2007; Manufacturing: decline, renewal, relocation; Table 2.8 Employment in manufacturing and value added, 1983-2007; Decomposition of the Nasserist model of manufacturing; Spatial restructuring: the growth of the new industrial cities; Transport and communications Table 2.9 Increase in goods exports and imports, 1980-2010; Table 2.10 Suez Canal: brief yearly statistics, 2000-2013; Table 2.11 Egypt: number of inbound tourism arrivals and receipts; Table 2.12 State-employed transport and communications workers; The expansion and proletarianisation of the white-collar public sector: the example of education workers; Table 2.13 Economic sectors employing the largest proportion of employees; Figure 2.2 Weekly wages in selected economic sectors, 1999-2007; Figure 2.3 Weekly wages in selected economic sectors, 1985-2007; Precarious workers, informal economy? Conclusion: unevenness and combination; Chapter 3: Strikes, Protests and the Development of a Revolutionary Crisis; The Misr Spinning strike of December 2006: a turning point; A new culture of protest; The transformation of workers' collective action; Table 3.1 Episodes and forms of workers' collective action, 1998-2010; Figure 3.1 Episodes of workers' collective action, 1998-2010; Figure 3.2 Geographical distribution of strikes and workers' protests, February 2007; Rediscovery of the strike; 'These are liberated territories'; Mahalla: towards the 2008 uprising
• Sommario/riassunto: The first detailed account of the role of the workers'' movement in the Middle East uprisings.