Education, Social Mobility and Religious Movements
The Islamic Revival in Egypt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9718101 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christine Binzel (Heidelberg University & IZA), Jean‐Paul Carvalho (University of California) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 127 |
| Issue | 607 |
| Pages | 2553-2580 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ecoj.12416 |
| OpenAlex | W2525214503 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 53 |
Muslim societies have been reshaped in recent decades by an Islamic revival. We document a contemporaneous decline in social mobility among educated youth in Egypt, the epicentre of the movement in the Arab world. We then develop a model to show how an unexpected decline in social mobility combined with inequality can produce a religious revival led by the educated middle class. The principal idea is that religion helps individuals to cope with unfulfilled aspirations by adjusting their expectations‐based reference point. By raising aspirations, economic development may make societies more prone to religious revivals
Archaeology · Geography · Islam · Political science · Politics · Social mobility · Social movement · Sociology · Education and Islamic Studies · Law · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development
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| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,89 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |