The Egyptian social contract : a history of state-middle class relations / Relli Shechter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shechter, Relli, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle class--Political activity--Egypt.

Middle class.

Egypt--Politics and government.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 284 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2023.

Summary:

<i>The Egyptian Social Contract</i> 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.<br><br>Relli Shechter looks at how this social contract channeled 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.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction: The Social Contract as History

Part One: From Social Reform to Social Justice, 1922-1952, Chapter 1: A Liberal Social Contract

Chapter 2: The Making of an Effendi Social Contract

Part Two: The Social Contract in Nasser's Effendi State, 1952-1970, Chapter 3: Old Regime, New Regime

Chapter 4: Old Society, New Society

Part Three : The tortuous search for a new social contract, 1970-2011, Chapter 5: The Social Contract Broken Twice

Chapter 6: Planning a New Social Contract

Chapter 7: The Problem with the New Social Contract

Conclusion: Old Social Contract, New Social Contract

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Oct 2023).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Shechter, Relli The Egyptian Social Contract

ISBN:

1-3995-1032-0

1-3995-1033-9

OCLC:

1351772789