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Environmental politics in Egypt : activists, experts, and the state / Jeannie L. Sowers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sowers, Jeannie Lynn, 1967-
- Series:
- Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; 50.
- Routledge studies in Middle Eastern politics ; 50
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Environmentalism--Political aspects--Egypt.
- Environmentalism.
- Environmental protection--Political aspects--Egypt.
- Environmental protection.
- Environmental policy--Egypt.
- Environmental policy.
- Environmental protection--Political aspects.
- Environmentalism--Political aspects.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2013.
- Summary:
- This book examines the evolution and development of environmental politics in Egypt, and how networks operate inside an authoritarian system. Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted in Egypt between 1997 and 2010, including more than 200 interviews with environmental experts, officials, activists, and firm managers, the author employs an analytical framework to explore dynamics in three environmental policy domains in Egypt. She traces attempts by environmental networks to control industrial pollution, create and preserve protected areas, and restructure the management of Egypt 's scarce water supplies, contributing to a more refined understanding of public policy making and social protest under authoritarian rule in Egypt and the Arab world.
- Contents:
- Networks, authority, and environmental politics in Egypt
- Managerial networks : domestic institution-building and international engagement
- Persistent hotspots of industrial pollution : managerial networks, state-ownership, and poor environmental performance
- Activist networks and anti-pollution campaigns in the provinces
- Natural heritage, mass tourism : conservation networks and coastal land use conflicts
- From Masqa to ministry : managerial networks and integrated water management
- Environmental politics in revolutionary times.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-208) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1953 Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0415783003
- 9780415783002
- 9780203808979
- 0203808975
- OCLC:
- 796933169
- Publisher Number:
- 99955049495
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