04929nam 2200673 450 991046367040332120211202213325.01-78032-433-21-78032-430-81-78032-432-4(CKB)2670000000570272(EBL)1812473(SSID)ssj0001454357(PQKBManifestationID)11791063(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001454357(PQKBWorkID)11497336(PQKB)11070235(MiAaPQ)EBC1812473(Au-PeEL)EBL1812473(CaPaEBR)ebr10953356(CaONFJC)MIL649347(OCoLC)892799680(EXLCZ)99267000000057027220141021h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrBread, freedom, social justice workers and the egyptian revolution /Anne Alexander, Mostafa Bassiouny ; Kika Sroka-Miller, cover designLondon, England :Zed Books,2014.©20141 online resource (404 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78032-431-6 1-322-18083-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 NasserismInfitah 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, 1980-2004Table 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 citiesTransport 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, 1985-2007Precarious 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 uprisingThe first detailed account of the role of the workers'' movement in the Middle East uprisings.EgyptEconomic conditions1981-EgyptHistory1952-1970EgyptPolitics and government1981-2011Electronic books.962Alexander Anne1974-1064867Bassiouny MostafaSroka-Miller KikaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463670403321Bread, freedom, social justice2541317UNINA