Avenues of participation : family, politics, and networks in urban quarters of Cairo
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Avenues of participation : family, politics, and networks in urban quarters of Cairo
（Princeton studies in Muslim politics）（Princeton paperbacks）
Princeton University Press, c1995
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Bibliography: p. [315]-330
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内容説明
Intentionally excluded from formal politics in authoritarian states by reigning elites, do the common people have concrete ways of achieving community objectives? Contrary to conventional wisdom, this book demonstrates that they do. Focusing on the political life of the sha'b (or popular classes) in Cairo, Diane Singerman shows how men and women develop creative and effective strategies to accomplish shared goals, despite the dominant forces ranged against them. Starting at the household level in one densely populated neighborhood of Cairo, Singerman examines communal patterns of allocation, distribution, and decision-making. Combining the institutional focus of political science with the sensitivities of anthropology, she uncovers a system of informal networks, supported by an informal economy, that constitutes another layer of collective institutions within Egypt and allows excluded groups to pursue their interests. Avenues of Participation traces this informal system from its grounding in the family to its influence on the larger polity.
Discussing the role of these networks in meeting fundamental needs in the community--such as earning a living, reproducing the family, saving and investing money, and coping with the bureaucracy--Singerman demonstrates the surprising power these "excluded" people wield. While the government has reduced politics to the realm of distribution to protect itself from challenges, she argues that the popular classes in Cairo, as consumers of goods and services, have turned exploiting the government into a fine art.
目次
List of TablesForewordAcknowledgmentsA Note on TransliterationIntroduction3Egypt and Popular Political Expression5The Context and Approach of the Study17Ch. 1The Family, Politics, and the Familial Ethos41The Public/Private Dichotomy and Political Participation44Patrimonialism, the Family, and Participation in a Middle Eastern Context45The Familial Ethos49Conclusion: An Ethos beyond the Household71Ch. 2Reproducing the Family74Choosing a Mate: "Shababiik, shababiik, id-dunya kullaha shababiik"77Marriage Protocol, or the Rules of Engagement85Sexuality and the Transgression of Public Norms92The Cost of Marriage: An Economic Nightmare109Raising the Capital to Marry121Conclusions: Marriage, the Economy, and the State126Ch. 3Networks: The Political Lifeline of Community132Earning a Living138Development: Education Networks160The Bureaucracy and the State164Ch. 4Informality: Politics and Economics in Tandem173Informal and Formal Economic Activity in a Shabi Community179Family Enterprises199Informality Meets the State205The Shab and Informality: Wages and Wealth231Informality: The Economic and Political Consequences for the Nation238Ch. 5Politics as Distribution244Private Voluntary Organizations: A Mediated Distribution Point246Elite Politics, the State, and the Shab255Conclusions269Notes273Bibliography315Index331
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