Redeploying the state:corporatism, neoliberalism, and coalition politics

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aidi Hishaam D
Published: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: New York
Publication Dates: c2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xii, 246 p.: ; 22 cm.
ISBN: 0230611591
9780230611597
9780230621374
0230621376
Index Number: F112
CLC: F112.1
Call Number: F112.1/A288-1
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-241) and index.
The politics of privatization -- State formation, incorporation, political parties : concepts and theoretical considerations -- The founding moment : elite conflict, coalition formation, and regime consolidation -- The institutional legacies of incorporation : the party-labor alliance on the eve of privatization -- Privatization and the populist-distributive alliance -- Bureaucratic reform and state-business relations -- State-labor relations and public sector reform -- Shifting the state from left to right -- Privatization and exclusion.
This study offers a comparative analysis of Latin American and Middle Eastern corporatism by looking at Egypt and Mexico's differing experiences with privatization. It shows how the working class was attached to the regime during the period of state-building as well as how that shapes leaders institutional options for market reform.