Routledge handbook on contemporary Egypt. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Handbook on contemporary Egypt; Contemporary Egypt
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Robert Springborg [and six others].
• Editors: Springborg, Robert
• Contents: Introduction Robert Springborg PART I History Introduction: Occupation, independence, revolution Anthony Gorman 1 Building the Egyptian state? Infrastructural systems, education, and urbanization (1919–2011) Mohamed Gamal-Eldin 2 The ideological roots of authoritarianism in Egypt Roel Meijer 3 Egypt’s foreign policy from Faruq to Mubarak Nael Shama 4 Activism and contentious politics in Egypt: The case of the student movement Hatem Zayed, Nadine Sika, and Ibrahim Elnur 5 Framing the past: Historian, state and society Anthony Gorman PART II Politics Introduction: The evolution of military rule in Egypt Sarah Smierciak 6 Genesis of coup-proofing in Egypt: Civil–military relations under King Faruq and beyond Hicham Bou Nassif 7 The fingers of the "invisible hand": Egypt’s government institutions Jan Claudius Völkel 8 Islamism in Egypt Noha Mellor 9 Civil society and revolution (2000–present) Hafsa Halawa 10 Egypt’s post-uprising foreign policy Timothy Kaldas PART III Economy Introduction: A brief history of nation, state, and market Amr Adly 11 State–business relations in neoliberal Egypt: The global political economy of subordinate integration Roberto Roccu 12 Why Egypt’s trade policy failed to improve its external competitiveness Chahir Zaki 13 Egypt’s foreign direct investment regime: Evolution and limitations Mohammed Mossallam 14 The political economy of workers’ remittances in Egypt Ayman Zohry 15 Encroachments: Land, power and predation Bill J. Dorman PART IV Law and human rights Introduction Tamir Moustafa 16 Judges, elections, and constitutional politics after the 2011 Revolution Jeffrey Adam Sachs 17 Lawyers and politics: Lawyering and counter-lawyering in Egypt Heba M. Khalil 18 Law, exceptional courts and revolution in modern Egypt Ahmed Ezzat 19 The Egyptian human rights movement: Between political autonomy and accommodation of authoritarianism Bahey eldin Hassan PART V Natural and built environments Introduction: Visions and realities of the struggle for development Aisha Saad 20 Sustainable water resource management in Egypt Richard N. Tutwiler 21 Egypt’s conflicting urbanism: Informality versus new desert development Deena Khalil 22 Livability of Egyptian cities Ibrahim Rizk Hegazy 23 The cultural heritage of Egypt’s cities: Burden or resource? May al-Ibrashy PART VI Media and popular culture Introduction: Divergent trajectories of creativity and coercion Naomi Sakr 24 The culture police: Manning the barricades of allowable art and culture Ramy M. K. Aly 25 Media ownership in Egypt (2000–2020): Categories and configurations Tourya Guaaybess 26 Tweeting the revolution: The evolution of social media use in Egypt’s turbulent times Rasha Abdulla 27 Ring-fenced religion? Egypt’s religious media between faith and politics Ehab Galal 28 Cooperativism, revolution and the ‘digital turn’: Assessing recent Egyptian film collectives Viola Shafik 29 The rise of indie music from the heart of Tahrir Square: Politics and popular music in Egypt Nadine El Sayed
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 962.05; Law -- Egypt -- History; Popular culture -- Egypt -- History -- 21st century; Egypt -- History -- 20th century; Egypt -- History -- 21st century; Egypt -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Egypt -- Politics and government -- 21st century; Egypt -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429603198; 9780429608711; 9780429058370
• Related ISBNs: 9780367179014
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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