The Social Contract Undermined through Economic Reforms: the End of an Era for the Egyptian Middle Classes

The Social Contract Undermined through Economic Reforms: the End of an Era for the Egyptian Middle Classes

• 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...

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Published in:MENA-direkt (Band 17)
Main Authors: Aboushady, Nora, Aboushady, Nadia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2018
Subjects:
Egypt
President al-Sisi
Business Elite
Economic Reforms
Naher und Mittlerer Osten
Middle Classes
Social Contract
Middle East (Near East)
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