Langbeschreibung
"An important work, filled with valuable information and insight. Beyond the rich detail about Egypt, Rutherford's study deepens our understanding of how the characteristics of both an authoritarian and a democratic political order come together and persist in the hybrid regimes of the Arab world."--Mark Tessler, University of Michigan
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction to the Paperback Edition ix Acknowledgments xlvii CHAPTER 1 Hybrid Regimes and Arab Democracy 1 CHAPTER 2 Liberal Constitutionalism: Preserving and Adapting Egypt's Liberal Tradition 32 CHAPTER 3 Islamic Constitutionalism: The Political Goals of Moderate Islam 77 CHAPTER 4 The Decline of Statism and the Convergence of Political Alternatives 131 CHAPTER 5 Economic Restructuring and the Rise of Market Liberalism 197 CHAPTER 6 Liberalism, Islam, and Egypt's Political Future 231 Bibliography 261 Index 279