Avenues of Participation 
Subtitle: Family, Politics, and Networks in Urban Quarters of Cairo
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: July 22, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780691025681
Subjects: Political science & theory; Urban communities; Women's Studies - General; Sociology; Politics/International Relations; Egypt; International Relations - General; Anthropology; Middle Eastern Studies; Political Science and International Relations; Social Science / Women's Studies
First sentence: IN URBAN QUARTERS of Cairo, 'id-dallalaat (female peddlers) organize extensive networks of women who collect ration cards from neighbors and kin, bribe local employees of government food cooperatives, and endure raucous crowds outside cooperatives in densely populated areas in order to obtain a large volume of government-subsidized and distributed food.