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
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Autore	Osman Tarek
Edizione	[Third Edition]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New Haven, [Connecticut] ; ; London, [England] : , : Yale University Press, , 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (333 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina	962.05
Soggetto topico	HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt (see also Ancient / Egypt)
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-300-20370-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- A NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 EGYPT'S WORLD -- CHAPTER 2 NASSER AND ARAB NATIONALISM -- CHAPTER 3 THE ISLAMISTS -- CHAPTER 4 THE RISE OF LIBERAL CAPITALISM -- CHAPTER 5 EGYPTIAN CHRISTIANS -- CHAPTER 6 THE MUBARAK YEARS -- CHAPTER 7 YOUNG EGYPTIANS -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
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Autore	Baker Raymond William <1942->
Edizione	[Reprint 2014]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London, England : , : Harvard University Press, , 1978
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (304 pages)
Disciplina	962/.05
Soggetto topico	HISTORY / General
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-674-28039-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Preface -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE. RULING EGYPT -- 1. The Military Conspirators -- 2. Building a Political-Economic Order -- 3. Bureaucratic Feudalism -- 4. Nasser's Search for a New Way -- 5. From Despair to Exultation -- 6. Sadat's Egypt Takes Form -- PART TWO. TRANSFORMING EGYPT -- 7. Managers and the New Industrial Order -- 8. Agricultural Cooperatives -- 9. Rural Health Care -- 10. The Regime and the Revolution -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index
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