Egypt’s Neoliberal Reforms and the Moral Economy of Bread

Sabine Frerichs

Review of Radical Political Economics, 2016, vol. 48, issue 4, 610-632

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Egypt; neoliberalism; moral economy; food riots; 2011 Egyptian Revolution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A14 B50 O53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1177/0486613415603158

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