Bread, freedom, social justice : workers and the egyptian revolution / / Anne Alexander, Mostafa Bassiouny ; Kika Sroka-Miller, cover design |
Autore | Alexander Anne <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (404 p.) |
Disciplina | 962 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-78032-433-2
1-78032-430-8 1-78032-432-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
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 Nasserism
Infitah 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, 1980-2004 Table 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 cities Transport 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, 1985-2007 Precarious 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 uprising |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463670403321 |
Alexander Anne <1974-> | ||
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Bread, freedom, social justice : workers and the Egyptian revolution / / Anne Alexander and Mostafa Bassiouny |
Autore | Alexander Anne <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (404 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.892961090512 |
Soggetto topico | Sociology: work & labour |
ISBN |
1-350-21874-X
1-78032-433-2 1-78032-430-8 1-78032-432-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Altri titoli varianti | Workers and the Egyptian Revolution |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787822403321 |
Alexander Anne <1974-> | ||
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Bread, freedom, social justice : workers and the Egyptian revolution / / Anne Alexander and Mostafa Bassiouny |
Autore | Alexander Anne <1974-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (404 p.) |
Disciplina | 331.892961090512 |
Soggetto topico | Sociology: work & labour |
ISBN |
1-350-21874-X
1-78032-433-2 1-78032-430-8 1-78032-432-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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. |
Altri titoli varianti | Workers and the Egyptian Revolution |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823098603321 |
Alexander Anne <1974-> | ||
London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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