Whatever happened to the Egyptian revolution? /

"In his latest exploration of the Egyptian malaise, Galal Amin first looks at the events of the months preceding the Revolution of 25 January 2011, pointing out the most important factors behind popular discontent. He then follows the ups and downs (mainly the downs) of the Revolution: the caus...

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Main Authors: Amin, Galal A., 1935
Group Author: Wright, Jonathan, 1953
Published: The American University in Cairo Press,
Publisher Address: Cairo :
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Arabic
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Summary: "In his latest exploration of the Egyptian malaise, Galal Amin first looks at the events of the months preceding the Revolution of 25 January 2011, pointing out the most important factors behind popular discontent. He then follows the ups and downs (mainly the downs) of the Revolution: the causes of rising hopes and expectations, mingled with successive disappointments, sometimes verging on despair, not least in the case of the presidential elections, when the Egyptian people were invited to choose between a rock and a hard place. This is followed by an outline of a possible brighter future
Item Description: Includes index.
Carrier Form: vi, 289 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9789774165894 :
9774165896
Index Number: DT107
CLC: D741.15
Call Number: D741.15/A517
Contents: pt. 1. Causes of the revolution. Worse that unemployment -- Appropriating public property -- Bequeathing the unbequeathable -- Selling the unsellable -- Spurious nationalism -- A police state -- pt. 2. Reasons for hope. Harbingers of revolution -- January 25 -- pt. 3. Reasons for concern. A revolution or a coup? -- The mysteries of the Egyptian revolution -- Muslims and Copts -- pt. 4. Prospects for the future. The economy -- Democracy -- Social justice -- Dependency -- A secular state -- Afterword : an abortive revolution?