Political life in Cairo's new quarters : encountering the everyday state / Salwa Ismail.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ismail, Salwa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political participation--Egypt--Cairo.

Political participation.

Islam and politics--Egypt--Cairo.

Islam and politics.

City planning--Political aspects--Egypt--Cairo.

City planning.

Cairo (Egypt)--Politics and government.

Cairo (Egypt).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xlvi, 230 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the 1970's, Cairo has experienced tremendous growth and change. Nearly three million people now live in new urban communities characterized by unregulated housing, informal economic activity, and the presence of Islamist groups. Salwa Ismail examines the effects of these changes in Political Life in Cairo's New Quarters. Working in Cairo, Ismail interviewed new quarter residents, observed daily life in markets and alleyways, met with local leaders, and talked with young men about their encounters with the government. Rich in ethnographic detail, this work reveals the city's new urban quarter...

Contents:

Introduction : space, politics, and the everyday state in Cairo

reconfiguring Cairo : new popular quarters between the local and the global

Internal governance : forms and practices of government in everyday life

Neoliberalism and the relocation of welfare

Youth, gender, and the state in Cairo : marginalized masculinities and contested spaces

The politics of security : an economy of violence and control

Postscript : collective action and the everyday state

Appendix A : the "field" and "home" : the politics of location

Appendix B : thematic outline of interview frames.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-207) and index.

ISBN:

1-4337-1113-3

0-8166-9896-1

1-4356-1208-6

OCLC:

182860216