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This study offers a comparative analysis of Latin American and Middle Eastern corporatism by looking at Egypt and Mexico´s differing experiences with privatization and showing that how the working class was attached to the regime during the period of state-building shapes leaders institutional options and capabilities for market reform.

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The Politics of Privatization State Formation, Incorporation, Political Parties PART I : HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The Founding Moment The Institutional Legacies of Incorporation PART II: MEXICO´S ´SUCCESS´ Privatization and the Populist-Distributive Alliance Bureaucratic Reform and State-Business Relations PART III: EGYPT´S IMPASSE State-Labour Relations and Public Sector Reform Shifting the State from Left to Right Privatization and Exclusion

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"Aidi´s study contributes to our understanding of the complex dynamics of market reforms. He rightly notes that rather than simply shrinking the state, neoliberal reforms redefine the state´s role in society and reshape the state´s relationships with both society and the economy. . . This is a welcome addition to the comparative study of neoliberalism and further contributes to linking the study of the Middle East to broader theoretical debates in comparative politics."

Arab Studies Journal

"The major strengths of the book are its historical approach, its concern for institutions and the relevance of the [Latin American and Middle Eastern] cases compared. It´s a relief to see there are still texts with these characteristics, that go beyond methodological individualism and presumptuous attempts of statistics."

Foro Internacional

"Redeploying the State is an important cross-continental analysis that is recommended to scholars of both the Middle East and Latin America."

Ahmet T. Kuru, Insight Turkey

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Hishaam D. Aidi is a lecturer at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University.

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