ISBN:
9781316644720
,
9781107193574
,
1316644723
,
1107193575
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 189 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
,
23 cm
Series Statement:
Cambridge Middle East studies 52
Series Statement:
Cambridge Middle East studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Bishara, Dina Contesting authoritarianism
DDC:
331.880962
Keywords:
Arbeiterbewegung
;
Gewerkschaft
;
Zeitgeschichte
;
Politik
;
Ägypten
;
Labor movement History
;
Labor unions History
;
Labor unions History
;
Egypt
;
Autoritarismus
;
Korporatismus
;
Staat
;
Bürger
;
Arbeiterbewegung
;
Gewerkschaftsbewegung
;
Opposition
;
Protestbewegung
;
Mubarak, Husni
;
Egypt Politics and government 1981-2011
;
Egypt Politics and government 2011-
;
Egypt Politics and government
;
Ägypten
Abstract:
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.
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis Seite 155-172, Register
DOI:
10.1017/9781108147873
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