Democracy Prevention
The Politics of the U.S.-Egyptian Alliance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23399010 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jason Brownlee (0000-0003-2134-4577, The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-06 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Democracy Prevention (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/cbo9781139198721 |
| OpenAlex | W4249430824 |
| Open Library | OL34560417M |
| ISBN | 9781139198721 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 85 |
When a popular revolt forced long-ruling Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to resign on February 11, 2011, US President Barack Obama hailed the victory of peaceful demonstrators in the heart of the Arab World. But Washington was late to endorse democracy - for decades the United States favored Egypt's rulers over its people. Since 1979, the United States had provided the Egyptian regime with more than $60 billion in aid and immeasurable political support to secure its main interests in the region: Israeli security and strong relations with Persian Gulf oil producers. During the Egyptian uprising, the White House did not promote popular sovereignty but instead backed an 'orderly transition' to one of Mubarak's cronies. Even after protesters derailed that plan, the anti-democratic US-Egyptian alliance continued. Using untapped primary materials, this book helps explain why authoritarianism has persisted in Egypt with American support, even as policy makers claim to encourage democratic change.
Alliance · Authoritarianism · Democracy · Democracy promotion · Democratization · Foreign policy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Popular sovereignty · Sociology · Sovereignty · Victory · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Political Conflict and Governance
The tradeoff between democratic governance and external security guarantees in a multipolar order
How Autocrats Compete
U.S. Policy and the Arab Revolutions of 2011
Challenge of Localization under Restrictive Government Rule
Into the Fray
The Limits of the “Democratic Coup” Thesis
Harmony and Resilience
Managing the global ambitions of allies
Opposition learning as capitulation
The Democratisation Failure in the Middle East
Global politics and Turkey’s democratic backsliding
Leverage, diplomacy, and African lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and intersex rights
The evolution of norms
Soft power instrument before the battlefield
Authoritarian power and contestation beyond the state
Friends will be friends? External–domestic interactions in EU-Tunisia and EU-Morocco security cooperation after the uprisings
Exploiting dissent
Strategy, unity and coercion
The international sources of prejudice against Shi‘a in the Middle East and North Africa
Continuities and Discontinuities in Foreign Assistance
Ruptures, reconfigurations and revolutions
Labor, capital, and the Arab uprisings
EU democracy projection in the Southern Mediterranean
America's Response to the Arab Uprisings
China's Response to the Revolts in the Arab World
Maghreb, European neighbour, or Barbary Coast
The International Dimension of Autocratisation
United States foreign aid in Egypt
What works in democracy support? How to fill evidence and usability gaps through evaluation
Who lost Ethiopia? The unmaking of an African anchor state and U.S. foreign policy
Too important vs too dependent
International democracy promotion across two waves
Cross-Regional Comparisons
The Egyptian Revolution and the Politics of Histories
Economic self-interest, information, and trade policy preferences
International democracy promoters and transitional elites
An unwilling client
The harsh face of the empire by invitation
Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment
Promoting Democracy, Reinforcing Authoritarianism
How Regional Organizations Sustain Authoritarian Rule
Extraterritorial authoritarian practices
Monetary statecraft in the service of counter-revolution
Beyond Reactionary Politics
The limits of democratization through a regional hegemon
Beyond Autocracy Promotion
Counter-revolution as international phenomenon
Solving the security–democracy dilemma
Palestine in the 1972 Egyptian Student Uprising
The Empire Will Compensate You
Response to Eva Bellin, Ellen Lust, and Marc Lynch
Diffusion-Proofing
Arab Responses to Western Hegemony
Monitoring the Monitor? Selective Responses to Human Rights Transgressions
The Durability of Client Regimes
Shared values or shared interests? Arab publics and intervention in Syria
Linkage to the West and Electoral Manipulation
The Autocrat’s Advisors
Explaining the Unexpected
Coup-Proofing in the Shadow of Intervention
Democratizing Potential of the ‘Arab Spring
The limits of autocracy promotion
Black knights and elections in authoritarian regimes
Regional autocratic linkage and regime survival
Democracy prevention
Authoritarian learning
The demand side of vaccine politics and pandemic illiberalism
The problem with autocracy promotion
Reflections on self-reflections – On framing the analytical implications of the Arab uprisings for the study of Arab politics
Abortive regime transition in Egypt
The limited reach of authoritarian powers
Beyond elections
Ties to the Rest
Varieties of International Influence and the Middle East
Assessing (In)security after the Arab Spring
Reassessing the Impact of China’s Belt and Road Initiative
Democratic states and authoritarian firewalls
The contested spaces of civil society in a plural world
Rethinking Islamist politics in North Africa
Democracy aid or autocracy aid? Unintended effects of democracy assistance in Morocco
The foreign policy of post-Mubarak Egypt and the strengthening of relations with Saudi Arabia
Critical junctures, path dependence and Al-Nahda's contribution to the Tunisian transition to democracy
Revolutionary diplomats? Introduction to the study of North African foreign policies within the context of the Arab Spring
Ambivalent allies
Not all dictators are equal
| Unique citing works | 85 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 6,54 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 84 |