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Egypt’s democratic window-dressing: Procedural elections and paltry voter participation indicate a non-pluralistic transformation

2015 Democracy and Politics Finnish Institute Of International Affairs Paper Wolfgang Mühlberger

November 18, 2015 05:56 am

Source: Finnish Institute Of International Affairs (Fiia) Author(s): Wolfgang Mühlberger Original Link: https://www.fiia.fi/en/publication/egypts-democratic-window-dressing The first round of parliamentary elections in October turned out to be symptomatic of a derailed democratic transition in Egypt. Mainly endorsing the return of authoritarian governance structures, they epitomize the...

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Egypt’s Botched Revolution: Absolutism and the Infelicitous Role of External Actors

2015 Democracy and Politics Finnish Institute Of International Affairs Foreign Relations Paper Wolfgang Mühlberger

August 17, 2015 05:54 am

Source: Finnish Institute Of International Affairs (Fiia) Author(s): Wolfgang Mühlberger Original Link: https://www.fiia.fi/en/publication/egypts-botched-revolution SUMMARY Egypt’s political transition entered a new phase with the military coup in mid-2013: pluralistic tendencies have been systematically uprooted and the Egyptian armed forces have positioned themselves as a determining...

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