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...

This paper uses panel data from the pan-European SHARE survey to study labor market behavior of older male self-employed vis-a-vis wage employed workers. We find the self-employed to work longer hours, to be more flexible in their hours allocation, and to retire later in all countries. We relate...