The impact of external actors on the distribution of power in the Middle East
The case of Egypt
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3979220 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vincent Durac (0000-0003-1569-0772, University College Dublin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 75-90 |
| Publication date | 2009-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of North African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-9387 • E-ISSN: 1743-9345 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13629380802383588 |
| OpenAlex | W2094727474 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 28 |
Both formally and rhetorically, the policy position of the United States and the European Union is to support movement towards democratic political change in the Middle East. This article examines the democracy-promotion polices of both actors in relation to Egypt, with particular reference to the political changes that have taken place in that country since 2005. It concludes that, far from promoting democratic change in Egypt, Western policies have had the apparently paradoxical, and unintended, effect of supporting the entrenchment of an authoritarian political order, and offers an analysis of how and why this is so
Authoritarianism · Democracy · Democracy promotion · Democratization · Development economics · Economics · Middle East · Order (exchange · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Power (physics · Promotion (chess · Regime change · Sociology · Unintended consequences · International Development and Aid · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance
Forum
Egypt as a Globalist Power
Transatlantic democracy promotion
EU Mediation in Egypt
Protest movements and political change
Solving the security–democracy dilemma
Politics of critique
Democracy promotion and the challenges of illiberal regional powers
Bullets over ballots
Democracy aid or autocracy aid? Unintended effects of democracy assistance in Morocco
Egypt's Islamists and the State
Rhetorical Acrobatics and Reputations
Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Arab World
Egyptian Politics
Loss of Guiding Values and Support
Security-Building in the Mediterranean After September 11
Parties over
The Domestic Political Impact of Foreign Aid
Advancing the freedom agenda
The transatlantic divide over democracy promotion
Democracy promotion as a world value
Themes in European Democracy Promotion
Challenges of Evaluating Democracy Assistance
The nationalisation of the human rights debate in Egypt
New Threats to Freedom
Elections Without Democracy
Democratization in the Arab World? The Decline of Pluralism in Mubarak’s Egypt
Does Foreign Aid Promote Democracy
Promoting Democracy From Without - Learning From Within (Part II)
Promotion of democracy as a foreign policy instrument of ‘Europe
Is Democracy Promotion Effective? Comparing Conditionality and Incentives
Promoting Democracy from Without - Learning from Within (Part I)
European Democracy Promotion in North Africa
Can Democracy Stop Terrorism
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |