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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455701803321

Autore

Sullivan Denis Joseph

Titolo

Global security watch--Egypt [[electronic resource] ] : a reference handbook / / Denis J. Sullivan and Kimberly Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger Security International, 2008

ISBN

1-282-33907-9

9786612339073

1-56720-756-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Global security watch series, , 1938-6168

Altri autori (Persone)

JonesKimberly <1967->

Disciplina

355/.033062

Soggetti

National Security - Egypt

Electronic books.

Egypt Politics and government 1981-2011

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-194) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Chapter 1: Security in Egypt: Setting the Stage; Chapter 2: Securing the State; Chapter 3: Internal Insecurity: Mainstream Muslim Brothers and Marginalized Militant Movements; Chapter 4: Egypt and the United States: Strategic Partners?; Chapter 5: Egypt's Key Regional Relations and Its Position in the Global Community; Chapter 6: Egypt, the Divided State; Appendix A: Biographies; Appendix B: Chronology; Appendix C: Documents; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Despite the appearance of political and military stability, Egypt may be standing at the edge of a precipice as the state remains grounded in rigid authoritarianism while the population, including a struggling civil society, readies itself to make the leap to democratization. This characterization has far-reaching implications for relations between citizens and the government, as well as Egypt's foreign affairs posture, particularly in the Middle East. State repression of civil, political, and religious actors, the ineffectual provision of social services, and two religious divides, between Co