How far does neoliberalism go in Egypt? Gender, citizenship and the making of the ‘rural’ woman
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11904487 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karim Malak (0000-0002-8686-8665, Columbia University, corresponding author), Salem (0000-0002-7872-5613, University of Warwick) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 154 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Review of African Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-6244 • E-ISSN: 1740-1720 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03056244.2016.1268114 |
| OpenAlex | W2597999096 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
This paper focuses on civil society in Egypt as a site in which the ‘Egyptian rural woman’ is made by looking at processes of microfinance which often ‘fail’ to realise their stated goals of ‘empowerment’, ‘poverty alleviation’ or ‘social mobility’. Using ethnographic material from a microfinance programme in the Egyptian governorate of al-Minya, such programmes are problematised beyond their stated goals. Instead, such initiatives put in place an infrastructure that links micro-borrowers to the market. Thus, what it means to be a ‘liberated’ woman in the Egyptian context is built on access, participation in and creation of ‘the market’
Citizenship · Development economics · Economics · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law
Europe and the Arab world
Colonising Egypt
Between Marriage and the Market
Anti-Politics Machine
Live and Die Like a Man
Reversed Realities
Markets of Dispossession
Economic Crisis and the Politics of Reform in Egypt
Global Hegemony and the Structural Power of Capital
Under Western Eyes
Microfinance and the Gender of Risk
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |