Rise of the Egyptian Middle Class - Socio-Economic Mobility and Public Discontent From Nasser to Sadat

Examines the results of the Middle Eastern oil boom of the 1970s-80s on the Egyptian economy and how this economic growth has an impact on Egyptian society.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Working into the middle class; 3. 'Crisis of supply in every household'; 4. 'Provocative consumption'; 5. 'Parasites'; 6. The resurgence of middle-class Islam; 7. Conclusion: socio-economic mobility and discontent.

About the author

Relli Shechter is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Middle East Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He trained as an economic historian and received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. He is the author of Smoking, Culture and Economy in the Middle East: The Egyptian Tobacco Market, 1850–2000 (2006).

Summary

The Middle Eastern oil boom during the 1970s–80s led to swift economic growth and increased socio-economic mobility in Egypt. Here, Relli Shechter offers a local version of a wider Middle Eastern and international story: the global formation of middle-class societies, whose members strove for respectable lives with only partial success.

Product details

• Authors: Relli Shechter, Relli (Ben-Gurion University of the Nege Shechter, Relli (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Shechter, Shechter Relli
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781108474481
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47448-1
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Political Parties, European History, HISTORY / Middle East / General, Egypt, Social issues & processes, Social classes, Social and ethical issues, Political parties and party platforms