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Egypt's Quest for Democracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6245012 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rabab El-Mahdi (American University in Cairo), Rabab El‐mahdi (0000-0003-3901-0014, American University in Cairo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 1011-1039 |
| Publication date | 2009-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4140 • E-ISSN: 1552-3829 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0010414009331719 |
| OpenAlex | W2105115522 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 36 |
| References cited | 41 |
In 2004-2005, for the first time in more than five decades, Egypt witnessed the rise of a protest movement calling for the end of one-party rule. In 1 year, Egypt witnessed more oppositional demonstrations, rallies, and the organization of nonviolent dissident groups than it has seen in the previous 25 years. However, the outcome of this mobilization in terms of democratic opening remained limited and, some argue, negligible. Using social movement theory, which has been unduly ignored by students of democratic transition in the Middle East, and data from fieldwork, the article analyzes the rise, limitations, and potentials of this prodemocracy movement in Egypt. The article argues that changes in the political opportunity structure and relatively successful cultural framing and mobilizing structures pushed for the rise of this movement, but shortcomings on these same fronts limited the movement's expansion and concomitantly, its direct impact
Democracy · Development economics · Economics · Framing (construction · Geography · Middle East · Mobilization · Movement (music · Opportunity structures · Political economy · Political opportunity · Political science · Politics · Social movement · Social movement theory · Sociology · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Social Media and Politics
Youth Activism and Contentious Politics in Egypt
Egypt in a Time of Revolution
Popular Discontent, Revolution, and Democratization in Egypt in a Globalizing World
The Relationship between the State and the New Media in Egypt
Revolutionary mass uprisings in authoritarian regimes
The Dynamics of Egypt’s “Semi-opposition,” 2004–11
A Longue Durée Approach to the Role of Civil Society in the Uprisings against Authoritarianism in the Arab world
Aish, Huriyya, Karama Insaniyya
Rumour and decertification in exile politics
Coalitions for change in Egypt
Campaigning for the revolution
From Balcony to Barricade
Challenges for democracy in countries affected by the ‘Arab Spring’
A hierarchy of struggles? The ‘economic’ and the ‘political’ in Egypt's revolution
With age comes wisdom
The New Arab Cold War
Human rights and Nubian mobilisation in Egypt
Putting the past into action
Nubians in Contemporary Egypt
Sujet ou auxiliaire
Middle East Legal and Governmental Pluralism
Social Signals and Participation in the Tunisian Revolution
Repression, Cooptation, and Movement Fragmentation in Authoritarian Regimes
Explaining the Unexpected
Anti-Sexual Harrassment Campaign in Egypt
Arab Spring constitution-making
The reform-security dilemma in democratic transitions
Abortive regime transition in Egypt
Executive Elections in the Arab World
La contestation sociale en Égypte depuis 2004
In Praise of Organization
Ambiguities of student activism, authoritarianism and democratic attitudes
Prelude to the revolution. Independent civic activists in Mubarak's Egypt and the quest for hegemony
Shifting spaces of contention
Social movements, competing rationalities and trigger events
Revisiting the Egyptian Uprising of 2011
Democracy Without Democrats?
Organizing Dissent
The Dynamics of social movements
From mobilization to revolution
Authoritarianism in an Age of Democratization
New Social Movements
Islam and Democracy
Family, Power, and Politics in Egypt
Introduction
Authoritarianism in the Middle East
Faith in Moderation
Political Liberalization and Democratization in the Arab World
Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Arab World
Comparative Perspectives on Social Movements
The Egypt of Nasser and Sadat
Structuring Conflict in the Arab World
New Social Movements
Reflections on Social Movement Theory
Sparks and prairie fires
Political Liberalization and Democratization in the Arab World
Popular Uprisings and Arab Democratization
Authoritarianism in an Age of Democratization
Democratization in the Arab World? The Decline of Pluralism in Mubarak’s Egypt
Democratization in the Arab World? The Trap of Liberalized Autocracy
The Relationship between Coercion and Protest
New Social Movements in Historical Perspective
Too Much Civil Society, Too Little Politics
The Robustness of Authoritarianism in the Middle East
Social Movement Theory and Patron-Clientelism
Islamism and Social Movement Theory
The new social movements
Conceptualizing Political Opportunity
How New are the New Social Movements
Islamic Mobilization
The power of distance
| Unique citing works | 36 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,4 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 36 |