A grand delusion : democracy and economic reform in Egypt

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A grand delusion : democracy and economic reform in Egypt

Eberhard Kienle

(Library of modern Middle East studies, 32)

I.B. Tauris, 2001

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-267) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This work argues that the much-vaunted reform and liberalization of Egypt's economy has been partial and selective, far from beneficial to all Egyptians. While the encouragement of the private sector has indeed benefited some, it has failed to improve the standard of living of others.

目次

  • Part 1 Limited liberties before deliberalization - political liberties at the end of the 1980s: authoritarian arrangements
  • positive liberties in the narrow sense - the central institutions of the state
  • positive liberties in the wider sense -representation and participation elsewhere
  • negative liberties -the state against individuals and groups
  • the judiciary and restrictions on liberties. Part 2 The deliberalization of the 1990s: positive liberties in the narrow sense - the central institutions of the state - parliamentary elections, presidential elections, new restrictions on political parties, illusory overtures
  • positive liberties in the wider sense - representation and participation elsewhere - the lower levels of the state apparatus, state-regulated organizations
  • negative liberties - the state against individuals and groups - the state of emergency, the amendment of the penal code and the extended jurisdiction of the supreme state security courts in 1992, the recourse to military courts from 1992, repression in practice, the harassment of human rights groups, from the 1995 "law to assassinate the press" to the new press law in 1996, de facto restrictions on the press, controlling religious discourse, act 1 - the clampdown on independent mosques from 1996, early measures against Egyptian periodicals registered abroad, 1997, restrictions on the creation of new media, January 1998, further measures against periodicals registered abroad, simultaneous pressures on the press registered in Egypt, keeping professional secrets - the 1998 amendment to the police law, more of the same, censorship outside the media, controlling religious discourse act 2 - reducing the opposition within Al-Azhar, freedom of expression in a wider sense
  • the scope and limits of deliberalization - the semblants of liberalization, two cases apart, liberties restricted and liberties lost, the judiciary between independence and marginalization, the beneficiaries of restrictions
  • the conflicts between the regime and its Islamist opponents, the switch from party lists to majority vote, economic crisis, austerity reforms and economic liberalization, economic malaise and Islamist opposition, streamlining the state apparatus, the weakness of liberal convictions, the longevity of the regime, the relative importance of factors
  • outlook - the 2000 elections and beyond
  • contemporary Egypt - historiography and theory - the history of Egypt, economy and politics.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA52233490
  • ISBN
    • 1860644414
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    London
  • ページ数/冊数
    xiv, 274 p.
  • 大きさ
    25 cm
  • 親書誌ID
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