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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787822403321

Autore

Alexander Anne <1974->

Titolo

Bread, freedom, social justice : workers and the Egyptian revolution / / Anne Alexander and Mostafa Bassiouny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014

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

ISBN

1-350-21874-X

1-78032-433-2

1-78032-430-8

1-78032-432-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (404 p.)

Disciplina

331.892961090512

Soggetti

Sociology: work & labour

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 (pages 358-377) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction. From the Republic of Tahrir to the Republic of Fear? : theorising revolution and counter-revolution in Egypt 2011-14 -- From Nasserism to neoliberalism : a new amalgam of state and private capital -- The changing structure of the Egyptian working class in the neoliberal era -- Strikes, protests and the development of a revolutionary crisis -- Organisation in the workplace before the revolution : the Nasserist model in crisis -- From strike committee to independent union -- The revolution's social soul : workers and the January revolution -- Workers' organisations since the revolution -- The crisis of representation : workers and elections -- Tathir : the struggle to cleanse the state -- Conclusion. Beyond the Republic of Dreams : revolutionary organisation, democracy and the question of the state.

Sommario/riassunto

Provides an in-depth account of the emergence of independent trade unions and workers' militancy during Mubarak's last years in power and their destablising impact on the post-revolutionary regimes.