Securitising the new Egypt: Partisan vs. revolutionary demands. Issue 6 (2nd November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Stramer-Smith, Janicke; Hartshorn, Ian M.
• Is Part Of: Journal of North African studies. Volume 26:Issue 6(2021)
• Page Start: 1166
• Page End: 1189
• Publication Date: 2021-11-02
• Subjects: Egypt -- labour -- revolution -- securitisation -- authoritarianism; Africa, North -- Periodicals; 961/.005
• DOI: 10.1080/13629387.2020.1752197
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1362-9387

Abstract

ABSTRACT: How did workers' demands go from the mainstream of the Egyptian Revolution to the sidelines of authoritarian reconsolidation? Socioeconomic demands formed a key component of the protests of 2011 that removed the Hosni Mubarak regime, and the multi-year strikes and protests that preceded it. Despite this, political forces declared worker's issues as 'partisan' demands. Leaders characterised workers' demands as attacking a struggling state, being too narrow and threatening national unity at a time of crisis. This paper looks at how actors securitised so-called 'partisan' rhetoric following the 2011 revolution. We find that securitisation drives the content and the scope of post-revolutionary discourse.