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Breaking Egypt's unsocial contract

El-Haddad, Amirah
External Publications (2018)

published on Economic Research Forum (ERF) January 30, 2018

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What have been the economic and political underpinnings of Egypt’s transition between social contract models? This column explores possible pathways to a new, more equitable and sustainable social contract, and the challenges such a contract would face. It examines the power structure in Egypt’s current ‘unsocial contract’ and whether it is possible to make the transition to a different but better social contract.