
Breaking Egypt's unsocial contract
El-Haddad, AmirahExternal Publications (2018)
published on Economic Research Forum (ERF) January 30, 2018
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.