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Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt

Paperback • 2010 • English

Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt

By Samer S. Shehata

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In Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt, Samer S. Shehata provides us with a unique and detailed ethnographic portrait of life within two large textile factories in Alexandria, Egypt. Working for nearly a year as a "winding machine operator" provided Shehata with unprecedented access to workers at the point of production and the activities of the work hall. He argues that the social organization of production in the factories-including company rules and procedures, hierarchy, and relations o...Show more

Sociology: work and labour
Agribusiness and primary industries

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ISBN

9789774163777

Publisher

American University in Cairo Press

Published year

2010

Language

English

Original title

Shop Floor Culture and Politics in Egypt

Format

Paperback

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