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Egypt: Military vs. Revolutionary

Radinovic-Lukic, Marta LU and Mannheimer, Edgar (2014) STVA22 20132
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The aim of this thesis has been to provide explanations on why Egypt’s democratization process has failed. The central question has thus been: Why has the democratic transition failed in Egypt after a popular revolution and democratic elections secured the country’s first ever civilian government in the summer of 2012? By using the relevant theories on transitology we have sought to answer our question by analyzing the actions of the main political actors in Egypt. With focus on mainly the events after the Egyptian revolution, we have used various sources made up of personal interviews, scientific articles and recent news reports.

Our findings show that two main political actors, the Muslim Brotherhood and the military, to this day act... (More)
The aim of this thesis has been to provide explanations on why Egypt’s democratization process has failed. The central question has thus been: Why has the democratic transition failed in Egypt after a popular revolution and democratic elections secured the country’s first ever civilian government in the summer of 2012? By using the relevant theories on transitology we have sought to answer our question by analyzing the actions of the main political actors in Egypt. With focus on mainly the events after the Egyptian revolution, we have used various sources made up of personal interviews, scientific articles and recent news reports.

Our findings show that two main political actors, the Muslim Brotherhood and the military, to this day act under authoritarian tactics. Thus, Egypt has only succeeded in taking a shape of an “authoritarian-democratic hybrid” regime where political elites manipulate democratic institutions to serve their own self-interests. Until the authoritarian core of Egypt is crushed, democracy cannot and will not prevail. (Less)
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author
Radinovic-Lukic, Marta LU and Mannheimer, Edgar
supervisor
organization
course
STVA22 20132
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
Egypt, democratization, transitology, Muslim Brotherhood, SCAF, military coup, revolution
language
English
id
4227604
date added to LUP
2014-01-30 13:01:50
date last changed
2014-01-30 13:01:50
@misc{4227604,
  abstract     = {{The aim of this thesis has been to provide explanations on why Egypt’s democratization process has failed. The central question has thus been: Why has the democratic transition failed in Egypt after a popular revolution and democratic elections secured the country’s first ever civilian government in the summer of 2012? By using the relevant theories on transitology we have sought to answer our question by analyzing the actions of the main political actors in Egypt. With focus on mainly the events after the Egyptian revolution, we have used various sources made up of personal interviews, scientific articles and recent news reports.

Our findings show that two main political actors, the Muslim Brotherhood and the military, to this day act under authoritarian tactics. Thus, Egypt has only succeeded in taking a shape of an “authoritarian-democratic hybrid” regime where political elites manipulate democratic institutions to serve their own self-interests. Until the authoritarian core of Egypt is crushed, democracy cannot and will not prevail.}},
  author       = {{Radinovic-Lukic, Marta and Mannheimer, Edgar}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Egypt: Military vs. Revolutionary}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}