02538nam 2200649Ia 450 991046399450332120211005221134.01-936190-32-X1-61797-035-21-61797-389-0(CKB)2670000000548416(EBL)1648992(SSID)ssj0000474729(PQKBManifestationID)11351292(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474729(PQKBWorkID)10462758(PQKB)10334209(StDuBDS)EDZ0000035587(MiAaPQ)EBC3114736(MiAaPQ)EBC6242530(MiAaPQ)EBC1648992(Au-PeEL)EBL3114736(CaPaEBR)ebr10409547(CaONFJC)MIL580515(OCoLC)870410945(MiAaPQ)EBC1635655(EXLCZ)99267000000054841620090314d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCairo contested[electronic resource] governance, urban space, and global modernity /edited by Diane SingermanCairo ;New York American University in Cairo Press20091 online resource (508 p.)Companion volume to Cairo cosmopolitan (2006).977-416-288-9 977-416-500-4 Includes bibliographical references.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 Social changeEgyptCairoUrban policyEgyptCairoCairo (Egypt)Economic conditionsCairo (Egypt)Social conditionsElectronic books.Social changeUrban policy306.096216Singerman Diane684741MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463994503321Cairo contested2110726UNINA