Elections and Distributive Politics in Mubarak’s Egypt

Gebonden Engels 2010 9781107000551
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Despite its authoritarian political structure, Egypt's government has held competitive, multi-party parliamentary elections for more than 30 years. This book argues that, rather than undermining the durability of the Mubarak regime, competitive parliamentary elections ease important forms of distributional conflict, particularly conflict over access to spoils. In a comprehensive examination of the distributive consequences of authoritarian elections in Egypt, Lisa Blaydes examines the triadic relationship between Egypt's ruling regime, the rent-seeking elite that supports the regime, and the ordinary citizens who participate in these elections. She describes why parliamentary candidates finance campaigns to win seats in a legislature that lacks policymaking power, as well as why citizens engage in the costly act of voting in such a context.

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ISBN13:9781107000551
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:290
Thema:
1HBE Egypte
3MPQX Ca. 1980 tot ca. 1989
3MPQZ Ca. 1990 tot ca. 1999
3MRBA C 2000 tot en met 2009

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1. Introduction; 2. Political and economic change since 1952; 3. Elections and elite management; 4. The politics of infrastructure provision; 5. Electoral budget cycles and economic opposition; 6. Vote buying, turnout, and spoiled ballots; 7. Elections and elite corruption; 8. Elections and the Muslim brotherhood; 9. Liberal intellectuals and the demand for democratic change; 10. Foreign pressure and institutional change; 11. Egypt in comparative perspective; 12. Conclusion.

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