Selim, G orcid.org/0000-0001-6061-5953 (2016) Between Order and Modernity: Resurgence Planning in Revolutionary Egypt. Journal of Urban History, 42 (1). pp. 180-200. ISSN 0096-1442
Abstract
Egypt’s Revolution of 1952 presented a major historical change to its political and economic structure, its society, and its institutions. This paper examines how Nasser’s regime operated through the state apparatus to exhibit features of modernity. Under the pretext of modernization, renovating Cairo’s authentic urban fabric was one of the channels that displayed the new ambitions to unveil a centralized system of governance and ideologies of socialism. The paper particularly looks at the city’s resurgence attempts, promoted by upgrading practices that displayed Western ideals of planning. Eventually, the contradictory planning legislative system introduced by the government raised early alarms at the problems encountered in the planning institution that was not only unable to liberate Cairo’s urban districts from its long-rooted decay, but also struggled to implement the regime’s flagship policy of social justice in a context wherein it was much needed.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 SAGE Publications. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of Urban History. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | modernization, socialism, legislations, Cairo, old districts, planning institutions |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 May 2018 15:27 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jun 2018 14:28 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0096144214566980 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:123436 |