UID:
almahu_9947414108002882
Format:
1 online resource (xxii, 252 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9780511842610 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Problems of international politics
Content:
Why does Islam seem to dominate Egyptian politics, especially when the country's endemic poverty and deep economic inequality would seem to render it promising terrain for a politics of radical redistribution rather than one of religious conservativism? This book argues that the answer lies not in the political unsophistication of voters, the subordination of economic interests to spiritual ones, or the ineptitude of secular and leftist politicians, but in organizational and social factors that shape the opportunities of parties in authoritarian and democratizing systems to reach potential voters. Tracing the performance of Islamists and their rivals in Egyptian elections over the course of almost forty years, this book not only explains why Islamists win elections, but illuminates the possibilities for the emergence in Egypt of the kind of political pluralism that is at the heart of what we expect from democracy.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Introduction: An Islamist monopoly -- Explaining Islamist dominion -- Part 1. Islamists and their rivals in authoritarian elections -- Clientelism and class: the tragedy of leftist opposition to Mubarak's Egypt -- The Islamist machine? -- Winning in the "Well-run casino" -- Part 2. Islamists and their rivals after the "Arab Spring" -- God, Mammon, and transition -- Islam's organizational advantage? Or, why voters think Islamists are leftists -- Connections, not creed: Further evidence from Egypt and beyond.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781107009875
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511842610
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