This edited volume presents a detailed account of the dynamics of socioeconomic contention in Egypt and Tunisia since 2011. Combining quantitative and qualitative methods, it analyses what has happened to the socioeconomic grievances that played a key role in the mass mobilizations of 2010 and 2011. The book is based on an original data set of socioeconomic protests in the two countries and on in-depth case studies that cover the two most important types of socioeconomic contention: labor protests and protests by socioeconomically disadvantaged people outside the formal economy. Drawing on a systematic review of comparative research on Latin America, the authors argue that the dynamics of socioeconomic contention in contemporary Egypt and Tunisia reflect a deep-seated crisis of popular sector incorporation. This work promises to enrich the scholarly and the political debates on Egypt and Tunisia, the MENA region and on contentious politics in times of political change.

1. Introduction: Socioeconomic Protests in Times of Political Change-Studying Egypt and Tunisia from a Comparative Perspective.- Part I General Trends.- 2. Beyond Regime Change: The State and the Crisis of Governance in Post-2011 Egypt and Tunisia.- 3. Socioeconomic Contention in Post-2011 Egypt and Tunisia: A Comparison.- Part II Organized Labor.- 4. Organized Labor and Political Change in Latin America: An Overview.- 5. Proposals, Intermediation, and Pressure: The Three Roles of the UGTT in Tunisia's Post-revolutionary Constitutional Process.- 6. From the Dream of Change to the Nightmare of Structural Weakness: The Trajectory of Egypt's Independent Trade Union Movement After 2011.- Part III Marginalized Groups.- 7. Contention by Marginalized Groups and Political Change in Latin America: An Overview.- 8. Unemployed Protests in Tunisia: Between Grassroots Activism and Formal Organization.- 9. Mobilized Along the Margins: Survival Strategies of Tuktuk Drivers in Egypt.- Part IV Conclusion.- 10. From North Africa to Latin America and Back: Comparative Findings and Theoretical Reflections.