Markets of dispossession : NGOs, economic development, and the state in Cairo /

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Elyachar, Julia, 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2005.
Colección:Politics, history, and culture.
e-Duke books scholarly collection.
Temas:
al- Markaz al-ʻArabī li-d-Dirāsāt > Kairo
Urban poor > Egypt > Cairo.
Entrepreneurship > Egypt > Cairo.
Social networks > Egypt > Cairo.
Business networks > Egypt > Cairo.
New business enterprises > Egypt > Cairo.
Non-governmental organizations > Egypt > Cairo.
Pauvres en milieu urbain > Égypte > Le Caire.
Entrepreneuriat > Égypte > Le Caire.
Réseaux sociaux > Égypte > Le Caire.
Réseaux d'affaires > Égypte > Le Caire.
Nouvelles entreprises > Égypte > Le Caire.
Organisations non gouvernementales > Égypte > Le Caire.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economic History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Comparative.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
Business networks
Economic history
Entrepreneurship
New business enterprises
Non-governmental organizations
Social networks
Urban poor
Armut
Nichtstaatliche Organisation
Stadtbevölkerung
Wirtschaftliche Lage
Cairo (Egypt) > Economic conditions.
Egypt > Cairo
Kairo
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A note on transliteration
  • 1. Introduction: The Power of Invisible Hands
  • 2. A Home for Markets: Two Neighborhoods in Plan and Practice, 1905-1996
  • 3. Mappings of Power: Informal Economy and Hybrid States
  • 4. Mastery, Power, and Model Workshop Markets
  • 5. Value, the Evil Eye, and Economic Subjectivities
  • 6. NGOs, Business, and Social Capital
  • 7. Empowering Debt
  • Conclusion: The Free Market and the Invisible Spectator.

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