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Labour unions under neoliberal authoritarianism in the Global South: the cases of Turkey and Egypt
Mehmet Erman Erol, Cagatay Edgucan Sahin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25152 http…

Labour unions under neoliberal authoritarianism in the Global South: the cases of Turkey and Egypt
This article analyses the trajectories of organised labour in times of neoliberalism in Turkey and Egypt and their current condition under securitised neoliberal-developmentalist regimes post-2013. Neoliberal experience in these countries was marked by continuing authoritarianism, challenging the view that economic liberalisation would lead to political democratisation. One of the most important areas of neoliberal restructuring has been labour markets. In order to achieve this, struggles over …