Bread, freedom, social justice: workers and the Egyptian revolution
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.
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- Full title :Bread, freedom, social justice : workers and the Egyptian revolution / Anne Alexander and Mostafa Bassiouny.
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.
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- Publication Date:2014
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Zed Books
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xiv, 387 p. :) : il.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781780324326, 1780324324, 1322180830, 9781322180830
- oclc:on1105412107
- Dewey Decimal:331.892961090512
Table of 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.
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