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Workers and Thieves: Labor Movements and Popular Uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt
Joel Beinin
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Paperback. The book describes the central role of workers and the unemployed in the run up to and the aftermath of the popular uprisings of 2011 in Tunisia and Egypt. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 203 x 16. Weight in Grams: 198.
Since the 1990s, the Middle East has experienced an upsurge of wildcat strikes, sit-ins, and workers' demonstrations. Well before people gathered in Tahrir Square to demand the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, workers had formed one of the largest oppositional movements to authoritarian rule in Egypt. In Tunisia, years prior to the 2011 Arab uprisings, the unemployed chanted in protest, A job is a right, you pack of thieves! Despite this history, most observers have failed to acknowledge the importance of workers in the social ferment preceding the removal of Egyptian and Tunisian ... Read more
Since the 1990s, the Middle East has experienced an upsurge of wildcat strikes, sit-ins, and workers' demonstrations. Well before people gathered in Tahrir Square to demand the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, workers had formed one of the largest oppositional movements to authoritarian rule in Egypt. In Tunisia, years prior to the 2011 Arab uprisings, the unemployed chanted in protest, A job is a right, you pack of thieves! Despite this history, most observers have failed to acknowledge the importance of workers in the social ferment preceding the removal of Egyptian and Tunisian ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Stanford Briefs
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
197g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804798044
SKU
V9780804798044
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99-50
About Joel Beinin
Joel Beinin is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History at Stanford University. He has written or edited ten books, most recently Social Movements, Mobilization, and Contestation in the Middle East and North Africa, co-edited with Frederic Vairel (Stanford, 2013) and The Struggle for Worker Rights in Egypt (2010). His articles have been published in leading scholarly journals, as well ... Read more
Reviews for Workers and Thieves: Labor Movements and Popular Uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt
While the crucial role played by workers in Egypt and Tunisia has been woefully overlooked by much of the media and think tank scholarship, Joel Beinin traces the rich and complex history of labor movements and their pivotal role in ongoing struggles for change. To fully understand the forces at play in the turbulent political and social landscapes of Egypt ... Read more