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Egypt’s Neoliberal Reforms and the Moral Economy of Bread

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The Egyptian Revolution 2011 has its roots in neoliberal policies, the premises of which are not shared by a large part of the Egyptian population. Starting from the call for “bread, freedom, social justice,†this paper sheds light on the moral economy of the Egyptian people and finds the seeds of the revolution in a loss of entitlements which structural adjustment policies entailed for Egyptians as producers and consumers of bread, the symbol of life.

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  • Sabine Frerichs, 2016. "Egypt’s Neoliberal Reforms and the Moral Economy of Bread," Review of Radical Political Economics, Union for Radical Political Economics, vol. 48(4), pages 610-632, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:reorpe:v:48:y:2016:i:4:p:610-632
    DOI: 10.1177/0486613415603158
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    Keywords

    Egypt; neoliberalism; moral economy; food riots; 2011 Egyptian Revolution;
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    JEL classification:

    • O53 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Asia including Middle East
    • B50 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - General
    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics

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