Raging Against the Machine explains why political opposition emerges and persists over a protracted period of time in an autocracy thirty years under Hosni Mubarak without either changing the fundamental rules of the political game or disappearing as a consequence of the regime s containment strategies. Albrecht uncovers a rich and dynamic world of opposition politics in Egypt. Apart from Islamist movements by far the strongest opposition groups we find other forms of organizations in Egypt, such as political parties, human rights groups, smaller protest movements, organizations representing...
Raging Against the Machine explains why political opposition emerges and persists over a protracted period of time in an autocracy thirty years under ...
Following the popular uprisings that swept across the Arab world beginning in 2010, armed forces remained pivotal actors in politics throughout the region. As demonstrators started to challenge entrenched autocratic rulers in Tunis, Cairo, Sana'a, and Manama, the militaries stormed back into the limelight and largely determined whether any given ruler survived the protests. In Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen, senior officers pulled away from their presidents, while in Algeria, Bahrain, and Syria, they did not. More important, military officers took command in shaping the new order and conflict...
Following the popular uprisings that swept across the Arab world beginning in 2010, armed forces remained pivotal actors in politics throughout the...
