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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781081203321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2009

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-21983-5

1-84813-654-4

1-282-45356-4

9786612453564

1-84972-999-9

1-84813-504-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Disciplina

962.05

Soggetti

Politics & government

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 (pages 164-179) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Glossary; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 State and society; 2 Economic policy: from state control to decay and corruption; 3 The land and the people; 4 Workers' struggles under 'socialism' and neoliberalism; 5 The democracy movement: cycles of protest; 6 Islamism(s) old and new; 7 Torture: a state policy; 8 Mubarak in the international arena; Conclusion: What's next?; Notes; References; Contributors; Index.

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.