Author: Binder, Leonard
Title: In a Moment of Enthusiasm : Political Power and the Second Stratum in Egypt
Description: Chicago, University of Chicago Press, (1978). orig. cloth. xxii, 437 pp, 23x15cm,. Textual graphs & tables. Minor wear. A small tear to dustwrapper. Some page-edge soil. VG ¶ Contents: Preface; The Argument; The National Structure of the Rural Elite:Participation & Representation in the National Union; Traditionally Influential Families; Differentiation among Elite Families; 19th Century Origins of the Second Stratum; The Formation of the Second Stratum in the 20th Century; Occupational Configurations & Mobility Patterns in Elite Families; Geographical Distribution of the Second Stratum: The Provincial Distribution of the Second Stratum; The Provincial Distribution of Second Stratum Influentials; Summary Analysis of the Provincial Distribution of the Second Stratum; The Geographical Distribution of the Rural Elite; Regional Patterns of Diffusion of Rural Elites; The Arab Socialist Union & the Second Stratum; The Founding of the Arab Socialist Union; The Cadre Party & the Elections of 1968; Political Change in Egypt.

Keywords: Modern Egypt, Political Sociology, Middle Classes, Second Stratum, Rural Elites, North Africa, Elite, Anthropology, Social Class