The Notions of Citizenship and the Civil State in the Egyptian Transition Process
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6160685 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Steuer (0000-0001-9492-7162, Czech Academy of Sciences), Alexis Blouët (Université Paris Cité) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 236-256 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle East Law and Governance (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1876-3367 • E-ISSN: 1876-3375 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/18763375-00703001 |
| OpenAlex | W586579184 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 10 |
This article deals with two notions that have become central in the Egyptian political and constitutional transition process since 2011 – citizenship and the “Civil State” – and presents the struggle to define them that took place during the 2012 writing of the Constitution. Even though the principle of citizenship is not seriously contested by any of the important political players, its scope and relationship with Islamic normativity (subordination, preeminence, or independence) have both been fiercely debated. As for the notion of the Civil State, it is characterized by an important semantic haziness, which results in a political tension around the issue of its definition, although there is relative consensus in Egypt regarding the term itself. The political and legal struggles around the writing and the adoption of the 2012 Constitution reveal how the tension related to these two notions has been embodied in the discussions surrounding several constitutional articles
Citizenship · Civil society · Constitution · Independence (probability theory · Islam · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sharia · Sociology · State (computer science · Subordination (linguistics · Transition (genetics · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Mathematics · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,11 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |