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Author Shechter, Relli, author.

Title The Egyptian social contract : a history of state-middle class relations / Relli Shechter
Published Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2023]
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 284 pages)
Contents Preface -- Introduction: The social contract as history -- Part One. From social reform to social justice, 1922-52 -- 1. A liberal social contract-- 2. The making of an Effendi social contract -- Part Two. The social contract in Nasser's Effendi State, 1952-70 -- 3. Old regime, new regime -- 4. Old society, new society -- Part Three. The tortuous search for a new social contract, 1970-2011 -- 5. The social contract broken twice -- 6. Planning a new social contract -- 7 The problem with the new social contract -- Conclusion: Old social contract, new social contract -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Examines state-middle class reciprocities in the making, persistence and failure of the Egyptian social contract
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed March 14, 2024)
Subject Middle class -- Political activity -- Egypt
Social contract.
HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt (see also Ancient / Egypt).
Middle class -- Political activity
Politics and government
Social contract
Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999.
21st century, c 2000 to c 2100.
African history.
Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions.
Sociology.
Politics and Government.
SUBJECT Egypt -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041317
Subject Egypt
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781399510325
1399510320
9781399510332
1399510339