Description: Labor of Hope : Meritocracy and Precarity in Egypt, Paperback by Pettit, Harry, ISBN 1503637441, ISBN-13 9781503637443, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "Technological advancements, expanding education, and unfettered capitalism have encouraged many around the world to aspire to better lives, even as declines in employment and widening inequality are pushing more and more people into insecurity and hardship. In Egypt, a generation of young men desire fulfilling employment, meaningful relationships, and secure family life, yet find few paths to achieve this. The Labor of Hope follows these educated but underemployed men as they struggle to establish careers and build satisfying lives. In so doing, this book reveals the lived contradiction at the heart of capitalist systems--the expansive dreams they encourage and the precarious lives they produce. Harry Pettit follows young men as they engage a booming training, recruitment, and entrepreneurship industry that sells the cruel meritocratic promise that a good life is realizable for all. He considers the various ways individuals cultivate distraction and hope for future mobility: education, migration, consumption, and prayer. These hope-filled practices are a form of emotional labor for young men, placing responsibility on the individual rather than structural issues in Egypt's economy. Illuminating this emotional labor, Pettit shows how the capitalist economy continues to capture the attention of the very people harmed by it"--
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Book Title: Labor of Hope : Meritocracy and Precarity in Egypt
Number of Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Name: Labor of Hope : Meritocracy and Precarity in Egypt
Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Item Height: 0.5 in
Subject: Political Economy, Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Middle East / Egypt (See Also Ancient / Egypt)
Publication Year: 2023
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.3 Oz
Author: Harry Pettit
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Social Science, History
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
