The Egyptian Social Contract

A History of State-Middle Class Relations

Relli Shechter

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Edinburgh University Press
22 November 2024

Middle Eastern history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Social classes; Political structure & processes

The Egyptian Social Contract explores the intricacies of the relationship between the state and its citizens, from the establishment of the semi-independent Egyptian nation in 1922 until the 2011 Uprising. The book studies how and why a social contract that had been reformed in the aftermath of World War II became the core of statecitizen relations under President Nasser. It further explores the long and tortuous search for a new social contract in Egypt since the 1970s. Relli Shechter looks at how this social contract channelled socioeconomic development over time, creating an Egyptian middle-class society. Shechter probes a political economy in which class vision and interests in development intertwined with the rise and entrenchment of authoritarianism. The perseverance of this social contract has mostly inhibited socioeconomic and political reforms, or the making of a new social contract, in Egypt. Such reforms would have challenged Egypt's ruling elite, and no less so its middle-class society.

By: Relli Shechter
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781399510318
ISBN 10: 1399510312
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 22 November 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Relli Shechter is an Associate Professor and Chair, The Department of Middle East Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. He received his PhD from Harvard University. His most recent book is The Rise of the Egyptian Middle Class: Socio-Economic Mobility and Public Discontent from Nasser to Sadat (Cambridge University Press, 2018).

Reviews for The Egyptian Social Contract: A History of State-Middle Class Relations

In this insightful volume, Shechter (Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Israel) advances historians' understandings of modern Egyptian political history [...] Recommended.--S. Waalkes, Malone University ""CHOICE, January 2024"" Relli Shechter has provided a carefully reasoned, well-documented, in-depth political economic study that provides unparalleled insight into the historical making of the current economic and social crisis in Egypt. By using the concept of the social contract he has theoretically broken new ground in understanding Egyptian state-citizen relations that moves beyond the conventional authoritarian bargain. --Roel Meijer, Radboud University The term ""social contract"" has been a staple of writings on Egyptian politics for half a century. With precision and an intrepid willingness to re-examine long-accepted claims, Shechter shows that the contract, its origin and evolution, and even the identity and behavior of the contracting parties, have been profoundly misunderstood. --Nathan Brown, George Washington University