Bread, freedom, social justice : workers and the Egyptian revolution / Anne Alexander and Mostafa Bassiouny.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexander, Anne, 1974- author.

Bassiouny, Mostafa, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Egypt--Economic conditions--1981-.

Egypt.

Egypt--History--1952-1970.

Egypt--Politics and government--1981-2011.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Other Title:

Workers and the Egyptian Revolution

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Provides an in-depth account of the emergence of independent trade unions and workers' militancy during Mubarak's last years in power and their destablising impact on the post-revolutionary regimes.

Contents:

Introduction. From the Republic of Tahrir to the Republic of Fear? : theorising revolution and counter-revolution in Egypt 2011-14

From Nasserism to neoliberalism : a new amalgam of state and private capital

The changing structure of the Egyptian working class in the neoliberal era

Strikes, protests and the development of a revolutionary crisis

Organisation in the workplace before the revolution : the Nasserist model in crisis

From strike committee to independent union

The revolution's social soul : workers and the January revolution

Workers' organisations since the revolution

The crisis of representation : workers and elections

Tathir : the struggle to cleanse the state

Conclusion. Beyond the Republic of Dreams : revolutionary organisation, democracy and the question of the state.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 358-377) and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

9781350218741

135021874X

9781780324333

1780324332

9781780324302

1780324308

9781780324326

1780324324

OCLC:

892799680