Workers and Thieves: Labor Movements and Popular Uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt (stanford briefs) PDF
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W O R K E R S A N D T H I E V E S W O R K E R S A N D T H I E V E S Labor Movements and Popular Uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt J O E L B E I N I N stanford briefs An Imprint of Stanford University Press Stanford, California Stanford University Press Stanford, California ©2016 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press. Printed in the United States of America on acid-free, archival-quality paper Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Beinin, Joel, 1948- author. Workers and thieves : labor movements and popular uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt / Joel Beinin. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8047-9804-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) — isbn 978-0-8047-9864-8 (electronic) 1. Labor movement—Tunisia—History. 2. Labor movement— Egypt—History. 3. Working class—Political activity—Tunisia— History. 4. Working class—Political activity—Egypt—History. 5. Tunisia—History—Demonstrations, 2010- 6. Egypt—History— Protests, 2011- I. Title. hd8784.b45 2015 961.105'2—dc23 Typeset by Bruce Lundquist in 10/13 Adobe Garamond FOR IZZIE “A JOB IS A RIGHT, YOU PACK OF THIEVES!” TUNISIA, GAFSA, 2008; SIDI BOUZID, 2010 “BREAD, FREEDOM, SOCIAL JUSTICE” EGYPT, 2011 PROTESTS CONTENTS Introduction: Workers, Collective Action, and Politics 1 1 Colonial Capitalism to Developmentalism 9 2 The Washington Consensus 39 3 Insurgent Workers in the Autumn of Autocracy 61 4 Popular Uprisings in 2011 and Beyond 97 Conclusion: Workers, Social Struggles, and Democracy 135 Acknowledgments 145 Note on Transliteration 147 Acronyms and Abbreviations 149 Notes 151
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