Contesting Authoritarianism - Labor Challenges to the State in Egypt

Investigates the conditions which lead workers to leave state-controlled unions and establish independent organizations under authoritarian rule in Egypt.

List of contents

List of illustrative material; List of abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The prelude to exit: the rupturing of state-labor relations under Mubarak; 2. The weakest link? Civil servants as the pioneers of independent unionism in Egypt; 3. The politics of ignoring: protest dynamics in late Mubarak Egypt; 4. Framing exit: the role of leadership in the formation of the independent Real Estate Tax Authority Union; 5. The politics of recognition and the micro-dynamics of authoritarian rule; 6. The 2011 uprising and beyond: the struggle for a new interest regime in post-Mubarak Egypt; Conclusion: authoritarianism and corporatism in Egypt and beyond; Bibliography; Appendix; Endnotes; Index.

About the author

Dina Bishara is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Alabama. She has published in outlets such as Perspectives on Politics and Middle East Law and Governance and has received a number of fellowships, including postdoctoral fellowships from Harvard University, the University of Oxford, and the German Institute for International and Security Affairs.

Summary

Why and how did independent trade unions emerge in Egypt, despite its history of state control over organized labour? And why was the movement pioneered by traditionally quiescent civil servants? Bishara examines the relationship between labour organizations and the state to reveal how political change occurs under an authoritarian regime.

Product details

• Authors: Dina Bishara, Dina (University of Alabama) Bishara
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781107193574
• ISBN: 978-1-107-19357-4
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Cambridge Middle East Studies; Cambridge Middle East Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Egypt, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Middle Eastern history, Political subversion, Pressure groups & lobbying