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Record Nr.

UNINA9910467601903321

Autore

Rutherford Bruce K.

Titolo

Egypt after Mubarak : Liberalism, Islam, and Democracy in the Arab World / / Bruce K. Rutherford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, NJ : , : Princeton University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

1-299-05138-3

1-4008-4614-5

Edizione

[With a New introduction by the author]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics ; ; 48

Disciplina

320.962

Soggetti

Islam and politics - Egypt

Democracy - Egypt

Liberalism - Egypt

Egypt Politics and government 21st century

Egypt Economic policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

This edition previously issued in print: 2013.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction to the Paperback Edition -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. Hybrid Regimes and Arab Democracy -- CHAPTER TWO. Liberal Constitutionalism -- CHAPTER THREE. Islamic Constitutionalism -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Decline of Statism and the Convergence of Political Alternatives -- CHAPTER FIVE. Economic Restructuring and the Rise of Market Liberalism -- CHAPTER SIX Liberalism, Islam, and Egypt's Political Future -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

Which way will Egypt go now that Husni Mubarak's authoritarian regime has been swept from power? Will it become an Islamic theocracy similar to Iran? Will it embrace Western-style liberalism and democracy? Egypt after Mubarak reveals that Egypt's secularists and Islamists may yet navigate a middle path that results in a uniquely Islamic form of liberalism and, perhaps, democracy. Bruce Rutherford draws on in-depth interviews with Egyptian judges, lawyers, Islamic activists, politicians, and businesspeople. He utilizes major court rulings, political documents of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the writings of



Egypt's leading contemporary Islamic thinkers. Rutherford demonstrates that, in post-Mubarak Egypt, progress toward liberalism and democracy is likely to be slow. Essential reading on a subject of global importance, this edition includes a new introduction by Rutherford that takes stock of the Arab Spring and the Muslim Brotherhood's victories in the 2011-2012 elections.