From Bureaucratic-authoritarianism to Neoconservatism
Author: Hector E. Schamis
Publisher:
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13:
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Contesting Authoritarianism
Author: Dina Bishara
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2018-08-30
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 1108151922
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSuccessive 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.
The New Authoritarianism in the Middle East and North Africa
Author: Stephen J. King
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2009-10-28
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 0253221463
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUltimately, King's forward-thinking analysis offers a way to enhance the prospects for democracy in the Middle East and North Africa.
Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Globalization
Author: Peter Bloom
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2023-02-14
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 180220461X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthoritarian capitalism is rapidly evolving, intensifying and spreading across the globe. This updated second edition book demonstrates that the recent resurgence of fascism and repressive democracies are connected to and symptomatic of the fundamental authoritarianism of capitalism.
Leadership from the Margins
Author: Serena Cosgrove
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 251
ISBN-13: 0813547997
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Serena Cosgrove effectively captures the dynamics of women's civil society organizing in this carefully written book. Her excellent and compelling ethnographic explorations are bound to inspire reflection, action, and committed scholarship."---Elisabeth Jay Friedman, University of San Francisco --
The Levant Express
Author: Micheline R. Ishay
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2019-08-20
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 030021569X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA surprisingly hopeful assessment of the prospects for human rights in the Middle East, and a blueprint for advancing them The enormous sense of optimism unleashed by the Arab Spring in 2011 soon gave way to widespread suffering and despair. Of the many popular uprisings against autocratic regimes, Tunisia's now stands alone as a beacon of hope for sustainable human rights progress. Libya is a failed state; Egypt returned to military dictatorship; the Gulf States suppressed popular protests and tightened control; and Syria and Yemen are ravaged by civil war. Challenging the widely shared pessimism among regional experts, Micheline Ishay charts bold and realistic pathways for human rights in a region beset by political repression, economic distress, sectarian conflict, a refugee crisis, and violence against women. With due attention to how patterns of revolution and counterrevolution play out in different societies and historical contexts, Ishay reveals the progressive potential of subterranean human rights forces and offers strategies for transforming current realities in the Middle East.
Comparative Political Systems
Author: Charles F. Andrain
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781563242816
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book focuses on the economic changes produced by different political systems and on the social impact of regime transformations. It addresses several key policy issues: How does the policy process operate in various types of political systems? What impact do public policies and policy outcomes wield on transformations in a political system? How does public policy preference in different political systems affect democracy, capitalism, and socialism?
Social Movements in the Global South
Author: S. Motta
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011-03-29
Total Pages: 285
ISBN-13: 0230302041
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPopular struggles in the global south suggest the need for the development of new and politically enabling categories of analysis, and new ways of understanding contemporary social movements. This book shows how social movements in Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East politicize development in an age of neoliberal hegemony.
Federal Banking in Brazil
Author: Kurt e von Mettenheim
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2015-10-06
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1317323629
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study is the first in a decade to provide an overview of banking in Brazil. It is argued that the big three federal banks have long provided essential policy alternatives and, since the liberalization of the industry in the 1990s, have realized competitive advantages over private and foreign banks.
The Arab State and Neo-Liberal Globalization
Author: Laura Guazzone
Publisher: Garnet Publishing Ltd
Published: 2022-07-01
Total Pages: 448
ISBN-13: 0863725104
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow available in paperback, this collection of essays offers an alternative approach to the study of today's Arab states by focusing on their participation in neo-liberal globalization rather than on authoritarianism or Islam. The effects of the restructuring of traditional state power engendered by globalization are analyzed separately, through updated empirical research into the political, economic, and security processes of each country considered. Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia are the case studies selected to represent different paths towards a shared model of a 'new' Arab state which, far from representing an exceptional case of resilience against global trends, may be seen in many instances as typifying their effects. The book offers both an overall conceptualization of change affecting the Arab states, domestically and internationally, and a series of in-depth case studies by country and functional areas. It is extremely timely when viewed within the context of the current political unrest and unprecedented change within the Middle East. This paperback edition includes a new preface which links the author's research to the current Arab Spring crisis.
