IAI Istituto Affari Internazionali
Published on IAI Istituto Affari Internazionali (https://www.iai.it)

Home > The Student Movement in Egypt

The Student Movement in Egypt [1]

Power2Youth Papers [2]

The Student Movement in Egypt. A Microcosm of Contentious Politics

[3]
Authors:
Hatem Zayed [4]
Nadine Sika [5]
Ibrahim Elnur [6]
30/09/2016

The paper is concerned with understanding endogenous and exogenous student activism in authoritarian regimes, by focusing on the case study of Egypt from the 1960s until today. The first part of the paper is dedicated to a definition of “student movements” and “youth activism” in their various forms. The second presents a historical analysis of student movements in the Arab world in general and in Egypt in particular. The research benefitted from qualitative analysis of semi-structured interviews with a number of student activists from various political parties and student unions in public and private universities in Egypt. Qualitative analysis sheds light on the various grievances of student movement activists, and the interplay between endogenous and exogenous political participation by student movements. More in general, the paper shows that student movements in authoritarian regimes are a reflection of the dynamics of contention within these countries.

p2y_19.pdf [3]

Details

  • Details

    Roma, IAI, September 2016, 19 p.
  • In:
    Power2Youth Papers [2]
  • Issue

    19

Table of contents

Introduction
1. Student Movements in Social Movement Theories
1.1 Student Movements and Youth Activism
1.2 Student versus Youth Activism: Same Activism, Different Concepts?
2. Student Movements and Activism in the Arab World: A Historical Perspective
2.1 Student Movements in Egypt: From Exogenous to Endogenous Mobilization
Sadat and a New Wave of Student Activism
Student Activism under Mubarak
Post-2011
3. Student Voices in Post-January 25 Egypt
3.1 Student Activism in Private Universities
Conclusion
References


Source URL:https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/c34/student-movement-egypt

Links
[1] https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/c34/student-movement-egypt [2] https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/lista/all/power2youth-papers [3] https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/p2y_19.pdf [4] https://www.iai.it/en/persone/hatem-zayed [5] https://www.iai.it/en/persone/nadine-sika [6] https://www.iai.it/en/persone/ibrahim-elnur