Dokument
| Titel: | The Social Contract Undermined through Economic Reforms: the End of an Era for the Egyptian Middle Classes |
| Autor: | Aboushady, Nora |
| Weitere Verfasser: | Aboushady, Nadia |
| Veröffentlicht: | 2018 |
| URI: | https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/es/2018/0011 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.17192/es2018.0011 |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:04-es2018-00117 |
| DDC: | 965 Naher und Mittlerer Osten |
| Publikationsdatum: | 2018-08-01 |
| Lizenz: | https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/ |
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| Egypt, President al-Sisi, Business Elite, Economic Reforms, Middle Classes, Social Contract |
Summary:
• The socioeconomic benefits enjoyed by the middle classes have historically been one of the Egyptian state’s main pillars of legitimacy and characteristic of a welfare state that has existed since the postcolonial era of the 1950’s.
• Since the uprising of 2011 (the so-called “Arab Spring”), the Egyptian economy has suffered from recession, inflation, and widening budget deficits.
• In August 2016, the government accepted loan and embarked upon a program of substantial economic reforms.
• These reforms have undermined (and continue to undermine) the social contract that has been in place since the 1950’s and leave a significant section of the Egyptian population struggling under tougher economic conditions.
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