Abstract:
This thesis aims to study the political-economy of successive Egyptian regimes since the coup of 1952 and analysis the factors that lead to the creation of new social movements for changes. The conceptual framework of this thesis consists of New Social Movements and Resource Mobilization. The study found that the consciousness of the Egyptian people is being raised by the new social movements under the Kefaya Movement and the April 6 Youth Movement leading to the call for change in the society through the ideology that comprise of freedom, equality, justice, democracy and the well-being. The new social movement that occurred in Egypt was shaped in the form of collective action that moved forward by having organizational network and clear purpose of network formation in order to solve the problems in society and change the society through the available key mechanism of the movement. The movement in Egypt drove their aim by resource mobilization that consists of human, time, money and new media innovation such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Weblogs. This movement was pursued in a logical way and could strongly connect each other, resulted in the creation of the effective movement for change.