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UNINA9910814563303321 |
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Titolo |
Cairo contested : governance, urban space, and global modernity / / edited by Diane Singerman |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cairo ; ; New York, : American University in Cairo Press, 2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-936190-32-X |
1-61797-035-2 |
1-61797-389-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (508 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social change - Egypt - Cairo |
Urban policy - Egypt - Cairo |
Cairo (Egypt) Economic conditions |
Cairo (Egypt) Social conditions |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Companion volume to Cairo cosmopolitan (2006). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This cross-disciplinary, ethnographic, contextualized, and empirical volume-with an updated introduction to take account of the dramatic events of early 2011-explores the meaning and significance of urban space, and maps the spatial inscription of power on the mega-city of Cairo. Suspicious of collective life and averse to power-sharing, Egyptian governance structures weaken but do not stop the public's role in the remaking of their city. What happens to a city where neo-liberalism has scaled back public services and encouraged the privatization of public goods, while the vast majority cannot |
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