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Businesses in the Middle East and North Africa have failed to bring sustainable development despite decades of investment from the private and public sectors. Yet we still know little about why the Arab Uprisings failed to usher in more transparent government that could break this enduring cycle of corruption and mismanagement. Examining posttransition politics in Egypt and Tunisia, Kubinec employs interviews and quantitative surveys to map out the corrupting influence of businesses on politics. He argues that businesses must respond to changes in how perks and privileges are distributed after political transitions, either by forming political coalitions or creating new informal connections to emerging politicians. Employing detailed case studies and original experiments, Making Democracy Safe for Business advances our empirical understanding of the study of the durability of corruption in general and the dismal results of the Arab Uprisings in particular.

Democratization --- Capitalism --- Political corruption --- Business and politics --- Businessmen --- Political aspects --- Political activity --- Egypt --- Tunisia --- Economic policy. --- Businessmen Political activity --- Capitalism Political aspects --- Egypt Economic policy. --- Tunisia Economic policy. --- Business men --- Businesspeople --- Business --- Politics and business --- Politics, Practical --- Political business cycles --- Boss rule --- Corruption (in politics) --- Graft in politics --- Malversation --- Political scandals --- Corruption --- Misconduct in office --- Market economy --- Economics --- Profit --- Capital --- Democratic consolidation --- Democratic transition --- Political science --- New democracies --- Corrupt practices --- Chunijia --- Chunijia Kyōwakoku --- Jumhuriya at-Tunisiya --- Jumhūrīyah al-Tūnisīyah --- Republic of Tunisia --- République tunisienne --- Tunesien --- Túnez --- Tunis (Protectorate) --- Tunisie --- Tunisskai︠a︡ Respublika --- Tunisyah --- チュニジア --- チュニジア共和国