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Title:State-society relations in Egypt: the debate over owner-tenant relations
Author:Springborg, R.ISNI
Year:1991
Periodical:Middle East Journal
Volume:45
Issue:2
Pages:232-249
Language:English
Geographic term:Egypt
Subjects:land reform
tenancy
External link:http://search.proquest.com/pao/docview/1290728380
Abstract:Through an examination of proposed changes in agrarian reform laws during the Mubarak era, this article addresses the gap in information about the policymaking process in Egypt. It also provides a tentative evaluation of the State-society integration thesis. After agrarian reform had come under attack under the presidency of Sadat, further erosion of the agrarian reforms continued after Sadat's death in 1981. By 1985, the Mubarak government began to leak information to the effect that it was preparing to modify Law 52 of 1966, the final in a series of decrees dating back to 1952 that had progressively extended the rights of tenants. As of early 1991, however, the government still had not introduced the long anticipated measure. The announcement of the intention to alter owner-tenant relations stimulated a widespread debate and various political reactions which shed some light on State-society relations in Mubarak's Egypt. This debate is examined here presenting the attitudes of the government's as well as the opposition's press. The absence of representation for peasants in the political-administrative structures relevant to agricultural policymaking and implementation suggests a deficiency in linkages between State and society. Notes, ref.
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