TY - JOUR
T1 - The American Federation of Teachers in the Middle East
T2 - Teacher training as labor imperialism
AU - Sukarieh, Mayssoun
AU - Tannock, Stuart
PY - 2010/6
Y1 - 2010/6
N2 - The American Federation of Teachers' (AFT) international program is one of the largest of any labor union in the United States, running operations in countries around the world, from Bolivia to Burma and Kenya to Kazakhstan. In this article, the authors analyze the AFT's recent interventions in the Middle East and, in particular, Lebanon. Contrary to the AFT's high-minded rhetoric of global labor solidarity, philanthropic goodwill, and democracy promotion, the authors argue that the AFT's Middle East programs serve U.S. government foreign policy interests in maintaining and extending American control and influence over the region.
AB - The American Federation of Teachers' (AFT) international program is one of the largest of any labor union in the United States, running operations in countries around the world, from Bolivia to Burma and Kenya to Kazakhstan. In this article, the authors analyze the AFT's recent interventions in the Middle East and, in particular, Lebanon. Contrary to the AFT's high-minded rhetoric of global labor solidarity, philanthropic goodwill, and democracy promotion, the authors argue that the AFT's Middle East programs serve U.S. government foreign policy interests in maintaining and extending American control and influence over the region.
KW - American Federation of Teachers
KW - Labor imperialism
KW - Labor internationalism
KW - Middle East
KW - U.S. war on terror
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77952145670&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0160449X08325993
DO - 10.1177/0160449X08325993
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:77952145670
SN - 0160-449X
VL - 35
SP - 181
EP - 197
JO - Labor Studies Journal
JF - Labor Studies Journal
IS - 2
ER -