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...

Introduction: Business ideology and class formation -- Business unity in Cincinnati -- Race and class alignments in San Francisco -- Business citizenship in Cincinnati -- Practical corporatism in San Francisco -- From politics to work : good citizens and model employers in Cincinnati -- From...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- BUSINESS IDEOLOGY AND CLASS FORMATION -- Part I. SOLIDARITIES -- 1 BUSINESS UNITY IN CINCINNATI -- 2 RACE AND CLASS ALIGNMENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO -- Part II. IDENTITIES -- 3 BUSINESS CITIZENSHIP IN CINCINNATI -- 4 PRACTICAL CORPORATISM IN SAN FRANCISCO -- Part III....

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1. The Symbolic Leverage of Labor -- 2. Employer and State Offensives against Unionized Workers -- 3. Reconstructing the Marginalized Workforce -- 4. Social Movement Legacies and Organizing the Marginalized -- 5. What Is an...

Recent attention has focused on the UK's productivity gap in the retail sector. Figure 1 shows an estimate of labour productivity in retail across countries, using output per hour worked. The UK lies well behind the US, France and Germany. Reynolds at al (2005) contribute to this debate by...