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Making democracy safe for business : corporate politics during the Arab uprisings / Robert Kubinec.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kubinec, Robert, 1985- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Democratization--Middle East--Case studies.
- Democratization.
- Capitalism--Political aspects--Middle East.
- Capitalism.
- Political corruption--Middle East--Case studies.
- Political corruption.
- Egypt--Economic policy.
- Egypt.
- Tunisia--Economic policy.
- Tunisia.
- Business and politics--Egypt.
- Business and politics.
- Business and politics--Tunisia.
- Businessmen--Political activity--Egypt.
- Businessmen.
- Businessmen--Political activity--Tunisia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 197 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- Businesses in the Middle East and North Africa have failed to bring sustainable development despite decades of investment from the private and public sectors. Yet we still know little about why the Arab Uprisings failed to usher in more transparent government that could break this enduring cycle of corruption and mismanagement. Examining posttransition politics in Egypt and Tunisia, Kubinec employs interviews and quantitative surveys to map out the corrupting influence of businesses on politics. He argues that businesses must respond to changes in how perks and privileges are distributed after political transitions, either by forming political coalitions or creating new informal connections to emerging politicians. Employing detailed case studies and original experiments, Making Democracy Safe for Business advances our empirical understanding of the study of the durability of corruption in general and the dismal results of the Arab Uprisings in particular.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- How Firms Respond to Regime Change
- Case Study: The Egyptian Military as the Gatekeeper
- Case Study: Broad-rent Seeking and the Collapse of Tunisia's AntiDemocratic Coalition
- Experiments on Businesses and Political Connections
- Crony Capitalism in International Comparison
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Jun 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781009273541 (ebook)
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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