Why did the Egyptian Middle Class March to Tahrir Square?

Mediterranean Politics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 197-215

  Kandil, Hazem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; NEOLIBERALISM; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL CONFLICT; POLITICAL REFORM; POPULAR PROTEST;

EGYPT;

EID: 84864711797     PISSN: 13629395     EISSN: 17439418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2012.694044     Document Type: Article

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