Artículos relacionados a The Egyptian Social Contract: A History of State-Middle...

The Egyptian Social Contract: A History of State-Middle Class Relations - Tapa blanda

Shechter, Relli

 
9781399510318: The Egyptian Social Contract: A History of State-Middle Class Relations
Tapa blanda
ISBN 10: 1399510312 ISBN 13: 9781399510318
Editorial: Edinburgh University Press, 2024

Sinopsis

The Egyptian Social Contract explores the intricacies of the relationship between the state and its citizens, from the establishment of the semi-independent Egyptian nation in 1922 until the 2011 Uprising. The book studies how and why a social contract that had been reformed in the aftermath of World War II became the core of state citizen relations under President Nasser. It further explores the long and tortuous search for a new social contract in Egypt since the 1970s.Relli Shechter looks at how this social contract channelled socioeconomic development over time, creating an Egyptian middle-class society. Shechter probes a political economy in which class vision and interests in development intertwined with the rise and entrenchment of authoritarianism. The perseverance of this social contract has mostly inhibited socioeconomic and political reforms, or the making of a new social contract, in Egypt. Such reforms would have challenged Egypt's ruling elite, and no less so its middle-class society.

"Sinopsis" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Acerca del autor

Relli Shechter is an Associate Professor and Chair, The Department of Middle East Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He received his PhD from Harvard University. His most recent book is The Rise of the Egyptian Middle Class: Socio-Economic Mobility and Public Discontent from Nasser to Sadat (Cambridge University Press, 2018).

De la contraportada

Examines state-middle class reciprocities in the making, persistence and failure of the Egyptian social contractThe Egyptian Social Contract explores the intricacies of the relationship between the state and its citizens, from the establishment of the semi-independent Egyptian nation in 1922 until the 2011 Uprising. The book studies how and why a social contract that had been reformed in the aftermath of World War II became the core of state–citizen relations under President Nasser. It further explores the long and tortuous search for a new social contract in Egypt since the 1970s.Relli Shechter looks at how this social contract channelled socioeconomic development over time, creating an Egyptian middle-class society. Shechter probes a political economy in which class vision and interests in development intertwined with the rise and entrenchment of authoritarianism. The perseverance of this social contract has mostly inhibited socioeconomic and political reforms, or the making of a new social contract, in Egypt. Such reforms would have challenged Egypt’s ruling elite, and no less so its middle-class society.Key Features? Foregrounds the social history of state–citizen relations? Explores the intricacies of both the formal and informal layers of Egypt’s social contract, as well as the gaps between the two? Investigates how the Egyptian social contract interacted with changing global trends in socioeconomic development and governance? Employs public discourse, legislation and the analysis of institutional capacity and state allocation in an innovative, interdisciplinary study of the social contract? Provides a rich context for our understanding of the contemporary search for a new social contract in Egypt and the Middle EastRelli Shechter is an Associate Professor and Chair in the Department of Middle East Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

"Sobre este título" puede pertenecer a otra edición de este libro.

Editorial
Edinburgh University Press
Año de publicación
2024
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1399510312
ISBN 13 
9781399510318
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
248
Contacto del fabricante
no disponible
Persona responsable
no disponible