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Insecurity and a Land of Dreams Insecurity and a Land of Dreams
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New Risks and Privatized Exclusivity New Risks and Privatized Exclusivity
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Contouring Risk and Legitimacy in the Landscape Contouring Risk and Legitimacy in the Landscape
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The New Liberal Age and the Material Framework of Colonial Nostalgia The New Liberal Age and the Material Framework of Colonial Nostalgia
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Exclusivity as Urban Renaissance Exclusivity as Urban Renaissance
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Entrepreneurial Spirit and the State Entrepreneurial Spirit and the State
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Political Deliberalization and Privatizing Democracy Political Deliberalization and Privatizing Democracy
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Evasion of Risk or Inversion of Risk Evasion of Risk or Inversion of Risk
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Negotiating Appearances Negotiating Appearances
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Ecology, Liberalization, and Authoritarianism Ecology, Liberalization, and Authoritarianism
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Naturalizing the Urban Order Naturalizing the Urban Order
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Conclusions: Intersections of Neoliberal Risks and Justifications Conclusions: Intersections of Neoliberal Risks and Justifications
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Moments, Models, and Universality Moments, Models, and Universality
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Works Cited Works Cited
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Notes Notes
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1 Cairo as Neoliberal Capital? From Walled City to Gated Communities
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Published:October 2009
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The new dimension of Cairo is marked by a flight of the urban elites made more visible by the de-densification of the urban center. Within this optic, the gated communities must appear as a privileged window onto the reality of liberalization in Egypt. Analysis of these settlements allows us to understand how mechanisms of risk control impose social exclusion and how they define the risks themselves. Urban ecology and the priorities of security are reversed to favor suburban desert colonies: defensive bastions against the lost metropolis. This chapter also traces the material development of the gated communities, their promotion and appropriation. Then it identifies the risk discourses that create the foundation for, and enable the legitimation of, the renewed management of social distances. However, first, it is appropriate to define what it means by fear, risk, myth, and urban ecology.
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