Making Democracy Safe for Business - Corporate Politics During the Arab Uprisings

"This book examines the influence of business groups following democratic transitions in Egypt and Tunisia. Employing interviews and quantitative surveys, Kubinec helps the reader understand why crony capitalism endures democratic uprisings and how businesses can become a prop to authoritarian leaders bent on undermining democracy"--

List of contents

Introduction; 1. How firms respond to regime change; 2. Case study: The Egyptian military as the gatekeeper; 3. Case study: Broad-rent seeking and the collapse of Tunisia's anti- democratic coalition; 4. Experiments on businesses and political connections.

About the author

Robert Kubinec is an assistant professor of political science at New York University Abu Dhabi. He was formerly a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University and a diplomat with the US Consulate in Saudi Arabia. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Brookings Institution, and The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Summary

This book examines the influence of business groups following democratic transitions in Egypt and Tunisia. Employing interviews and quantitative surveys, the book helps the reader understand why crony capitalism endured even democratic uprisings and how businesses became a prop to authoritarian leaders bent on undermining democracy.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Kubinec, Robert (New York University Abu Dhabi) Kubinec, Robert (New York University) Kubinec
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2023
• EAN: 9781009273527
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0927352-7
• No. of pages: 214
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Society & social sciences, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern, Middle East, Politics & government, Political structure & processes, Political structures: democracy, International Economics, Political Economy, Comparative Politics, For undergraduate education and equivalents, For graduate / post-graduate and equivalents