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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      08 September 2018
      30 August 2018
      ISBN:
      9781108147873
      9781107193574
      9781316644720
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108147873
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.48kg, 204 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.37kg, 204 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Middle East Studies, Area Studies, History, Middle East History, Politics and International Relations, Middle East Government,Politics and Policy
      Series:
      Cambridge Middle East Studies (52)
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    Subjects:
    Middle East Studies, Area Studies, History, Middle East History, Politics and International Relations, Middle East Government,Politics and Policy
    Series:
    Cambridge Middle East Studies (52)
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    Successive authoritarian regimes have maintained tight control over organized labor in Egypt since the 1950s. And yet in 2009, a group of civil servants decided to exit the state-controlled Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF), thereby setting a precedent for other groups and threatening the ETUF's monopoly. Dina Bishara examines this relationship between labour organizations and the state to shed light on how political change occurs within an authoritarian government, and to show how ordinary Egyptians perceive the government's rule. In particular, Bishara highlights the agency of dissident unionists in challenging the state even when trade union leaders remain loyal. She reveals that militant sectors are more vulnerable to greater scrutiny and repression and that financial benefits tied to membership in state-backed unions can provide significant disincentives against the exit option. Moving beyond conventional accounts of top-down control, this book explores when and how institutions designed for political control become contested from below.

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