Egypt's popular committees: From moments of madness to NGO dilemmas

Middle East Report

Volumn 42, Issue 265, 2012, Pages

  El Meehy, Asya ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; LEADERSHIP; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; POLICE FORCE; POLITICAL CHANGE; VIOLENCE;

EGYPT;

EID: 84879929753     PISSN: 08992851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Interview, Cairo, June 20, 2012.
2. Al-Ahram, April 22, 2011.
3. Rana Khazbak, "Popular Committees Bring True Spirit of Democracy to the Streets," Egypt Independent, August 23, 2011.
4. Abulkasim al-Jaberi, "Ramlet Bulaq Slum Dwellers 'Break Out,'" Egypt Independent, October 22, 2012.
5. Sidney Tarrow, "Cycles of Collective Action: Between Moments of Madness and the Repertoire of Contention," Social Science History 17/2 (Summer 1993).
6. Asef Bayat, "A New Arab Street in Post-Islamist Times," Foreign Policy, January 26, 2011.
7. Interview, Qina, June 29, 2012.
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10. Interview with Gouda 'Abd al-Khaliq, Cairo, July 30, 2012.
11. Interview, Cairo, June 24, 2012.
12. Al-Misri al-Yawm, February 7, 2012.
13. Interview, Cairo, June 21, 2012.
14. Interview with 'Abd al-Khaliq, Cairo, July 30, 2012.
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16. James Scott, Seeing Like a State (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998).