Egypt''s Long Revolution : Protest Movements and Uprisings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abdelrahman, Maha.

Contributor:

Taylor and Francis eBooks.

Series:

Routledge studies in Middle Eastern democratization and government

Routledge Studies in Middle Eastern Democratization and Government

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Protest movements--Egypt--History--21st century.

Protest movements.

Revolutions--Egypt--21st century.

Revolutions.

Social conditions.

Politics and government.

History.

Egypt--Politics and government--21st century.

Egypt.

Egypt--Social conditions--21st century.

Political science.

Social history.

Local Subjects:

Egypt--Politics and government--21st century.

Egypt--Social conditions--21st century.

Protest movements--Egypt--History--21st century.

Revolutions--Egypt--21st century.

Genre:

Electronic books.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (171 pages).

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Place of Publication:

Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The millions of Egyptians who returned to the heart of Cairo and Egypt's other major cities for 18 days until the eventual toppling of the Mubarak regime were orderly without an organisation, inspired without a leader, and single-minded without one guiding political ideology. This book examines the decade long of protest movements which created the context for the January 2011 mass uprising. It tells the story of Egypt's long revolutionary process by exploring its genealogy in the decade before 25 January 2011 and tracing its development in the three years that have followed. The book analyses new forms of political mobilisation that arose in response to ever-increasing grievances against authoritarian politics, deteriorating living conditions for the majority of Egyptians as a consequence of neo-liberal policies and the machinery of crony capitalism, and an almost total abandoning by the state of its responsibilities to society at large. It argues that the increasing societal pressures from different quarters such as labour groups, pro-democracy movements and ordinary citizens during this period culminated in an intensifying culture of protest and activism that was vital in the lead up to the dramatic overthrow of Mubarak. It, also, argues that the features of these new forms of activism and political mobilisation have contributed to shaping the political process since the downfall of Mubarak.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Mubarak's brave new world; The price of 'success'; Policing neoliberalism: a state of terror; The octopus of the Nile; 2 It did not start in Tahrir: birth of the pro-democracy movement; From support of the Palestinian Intifada to an anti-movement; Was Kefaya ever enough?; 9 March Group for Academic Freedom; The Judges' Uprising; Leaders and icons: between El-Baradei and Khaled Said; Vulnerable bodies; Conclusion; 3 Workers, farmers and almost everybody else; Corporatism and its undoing;

A tidal wave of protestsCitizens' protests; Farmers' struggles; The 'normalization of protest' over a decade; 4 Praising organization? Egypt between activism and revolution; Brothers and generals; Pro-democracy activists: from New Social Movements to revolutionary process; Workers: rebels without a movement; 5 On coalitions: revolutionary and otherwise; Coalition building: a short history; Neither brothers nor comrades; Did the left go right?; The MB and the rest; Principles of cooperation: between consensus and independence; Cooperation not conciliation;

From short-term cooperation to broadly-based alliances6 In struggle, divided we stand; Economic struggle is political; A fragmented struggle?; Attempts to bridge the divide; The ruling elite: a strategy for maintaining dominance; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Abdelrahman, Maha. Egypt''s Long Revolution : Protest Movements and Uprisings.

ISBN:

9781317647782

1317647785

OCLC:

887502929

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