Markets of dispossession NGOs, economic development, and the state in Cairo - Elyachar, Julia 1961- (Duke University Press, 2005)
Includes bibliographical references and index
A note on transliteration -- 1. Introduction: The Power of Invisible Hands -- 2. A Home for Markets: Two Neighborhoods in Plan and Practice, 1905-1996 -- 3. Mappings of Power: Informal Economy and Hybrid States -- 4. Mastery, Power, and Model Workshop Markets -- 5. Value, the Evil Eye, and Economic Subjectivities -- 6. NGOs, Business, and Social Capital -- 7. Empowering Debt -- Conclusion: The Free Market and the Invisible Spectator
Keywords: Urban poor -- Egypt -- Cairo; Entrepreneurship -- Egypt -- Cairo; Social networks -- Egypt -- Cairo; Business networks -- Egypt -- Cairo; New business enterprises -- Egypt -- Cairo; Non-governmental organizations -- Egypt -- Cairo; Nichtstaatliche Organisation; Stadtbevölkerung; Armut; Wirtschaftliche Lage; Cairo (Egypt) -- Economic conditions; Kairo; Electronic books