The Labour Movement in Lebanon : Power on Hold Hardback
by Lea Bou Khater
Part of the Identities and Geopolitics in the Middle East series
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The labour movement in Lebanon: Power on hold narrates the history of the Lebanese labour movement from the early twentieth century to today.
Bou Khater demonstrates that trade unionism in the country has largely been a failure, for reasons including state interference, tactical co-optation, and the strategic use of sectarianism by an oligarchic elite, together with the structural weakness of a service-based laissez-faire economy.
Drawing on a vast body of Arabic-language primary sources and difficult-to-access archives, the book’s conclusions are significant not only for trade unionism, but also for new forms of workers’ organisations and social movements in Lebanon and beyond. The Lebanese case study presented here holds significant implications for the wider Arab world and for comparative studies of labour.
This authoritative history of the labour movement in Lebanon is vital reading for scholars of trade unionism, Lebanese politics, and political economy. -- .
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:184 pages
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:22/02/2022
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- ISBN:9781526159434
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:184 pages
- Publisher:Manchester University Press
- Publication Date:22/02/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9781526159434