The securitisation of civil society

A case study of NGOs-State Security Investigations (SSI) relations in Egypt

Bibliographic Data

ID5680932
AuthorsMariz Tadros (0000-0002-8228-5593, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume11
Issue1
Pages79-103
Publication date2011-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueConflict Security and Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1467-8802 • E-ISSN: 1478-1174
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14678802.2011.552248
OpenAlexW2153436564
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited17

This paper explores the changing role of the State Security Investigations apparatus in the context of an authoritarian regime faced with external pressures to democratise. It argues that in Egypt the State Security Investigations (SSI) has played a dual role of repressing opponents while creating and mediating political space for citizen voice and participation, eliciting a positive external image without representing a genuine threat to the regime. The SSI's role in civil society has expanded significantly, in particular since the mid-2000s, and its power is now exercised not only in a hidden form but also in a very visible manner. An increase in the SSI's visibility has increased its exercise of a more pervasive form of invisible power, as is evident from the examination of current SSI–NGO relations

Authoritarianism · Civil society · Democracy · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Sociology · Visibility · Computer Science · Global Peace and Security Dynamics · Global Security and Public Health · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law

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