Les obstacles à l'émergence de la citoyenneté dans l'Égypte post-révolutionnaire
(2015) Recherches sociologiques et anthropologiques — Vol. 46, n° 1, p. 49-66 (2015)
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- (en) This article focuses on obstacles to the emergence of a citizenship – in the sense of civic ideal – as a principle dominating Egyptian political life in the wake of the 2011 revolution. It relies on field investigations carried out in several Egyptian districts before and during the first free legislative elections organized in that country (winter 2011-2012). The authors have recourse to a multi-scalar analysis in order to examine how the agency of actors deploys in a context marked at once by the history of electoral practices in authoritarian contexts, by political cleavages reflecting the society’s community structuring and, finally, by the weight of dominant perceptions concerning the vote in lower categories. The thesis defended here is that the emergence of a true citizenship, beyond the vicissitudes of political transition, has been hindered by the impossibility of forging a political pact and establishing a minimal threshold of confidence. That is explained by cleavages which over determine Egyptian politics, by social fears inspiring dread of the political irresponsibility of the “ignorant masses”, and by the difficulty of extirpating politics from clientelist or communitarian logics.
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du Roy de Blicquy, G., & Steuer, C. (2015). Les obstacles à l’émergence de la citoyenneté dans l’Égypte post-révolutionnaire. Recherches sociologiques et anthropologiques, 46(1), 49-66. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/184446 (Original work published 2015)