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Political Life in Cairo’s New Quarters: Encountering the Everyday State
Salwa Ismail
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Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 halftones, 2 tables, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; JP. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
Since the 1970s, Cairo has experienced tremendous growth and change. Nearly three million people now live in new urban communities characterized by unregulated housing, informal economic activity, and the presence of Islamist groups. Salwa Ismail examines the effects of these changes in Political Life in Cairo’s New Quarters. Working in Cairo, Ismail interviewed new quarter residents, observed daily life in markets and alleyways, met with local leaders, and talked with young men about their encounters with the government. Rich in ethnographic detail, this work reveals the city’s new urban quarters as sites not only of opposition and relative autonomy, but ... Read more
Since the 1970s, Cairo has experienced tremendous growth and change. Nearly three million people now live in new urban communities characterized by unregulated housing, informal economic activity, and the presence of Islamist groups. Salwa Ismail examines the effects of these changes in Political Life in Cairo’s New Quarters. Working in Cairo, Ismail interviewed new quarter residents, observed daily life in markets and alleyways, met with local leaders, and talked with young men about their encounters with the government. Rich in ethnographic detail, this work reveals the city’s new urban quarters as sites not only of opposition and relative autonomy, but ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816649129
SKU
V9780816649129
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