Egypt after Mubarak Liberalism, Islam, and democracy in the Arab world

• Main Author: Rutherford, Bruce K
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Princeton Princeton Univ. Press 2013; Princeton University Press
• Edition: 1
• Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
• Subjects: 1HBE; 21st century; Arab countries; Arab Spring; Arab world; authoritarianism; autocratic regime; business community; constitutional order; Democracy; Democracy > Egypt; Economic policy; economic reform; Egypt; Egypt > Economic policy; Egypt > Politics and government > 21st century > Forecasting; Egyptian; Egyptian Center for Economic Studies; Egyptian courts; Egyptian liberalism; Egyptian politics; Forecasting; Forecasts; governance; History & Theory; Husni Mubarak; hybrid regime; institutional change; Islam; Islam and politics; Islam and politics > Egypt > Forecasting; Islamic constitutionalism; Islamic Studies; Islamic thinkers; Islamist; Jamʻīyat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Egypt) > Political activity; Jam’iyat al-Ikhwan al-Muslimin (Egypt); JFSR2; JPA; JPHL; Judges' Club; judiciary; Kamal Abu al-Majd; LAFS; Lawyers; Lawyers > Egypt > Political activity; Leadership; liberal constitutionalism; liberal reform; Liberalism; Liberalism > Egypt; liberals; market liberalism; Muhammad Salim al-'Awwa; Muslim Brotherhood; National Democratic Party; Political activity; Political change; Political conditions; political order; POLITICAL SCIENCE; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory; Politics and government; Politik; Regime transition; rule of law; secularist; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Sociology; Tariq al-Bishri; Yusuf al-Qaradawi; Ägypten; Egypt; Judges' Club; rule of law; authoritarianism; Tariq al-Bishri; market liberalism; Egypt; Egyptian Center for Economic Studies; political order; Islamist; autocratic regime; Islamic constitutionalism; constitutional order; Egyptian courts; judiciary; Arab world; Egyptian; hybrid regime; liberals; economic reform; liberal constitutionalism; Egyptian liberalism; liberal reform; liberalism; Muslim Brotherhood; Arab Spring; National Democratic Party; Islamic thinkers; democracy; Husni Mubarak; Muhammad Salim al-'Awwa; Egyptian politics; business community; political change; secularist; economic policy; institutional change; Yusuf al-Qaradawi; Kamal Abu al-Majd; governance
• ISBN: 0691136653; 9780691136653; 0691158045; 9780691158044; 1400846145; 9781400846146
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400846146

Which way will Egypt go now that Husni Mubarak's authoritarian regime has been swept from power? Will it become an Islamic theocracy similar to Iran? Will it embrace Western-style liberalism and democracy? Egypt after Mubarak reveals that Egypt's secularists and Islamists may yet navigate a middle path that results in a uniquely Islamic form of liberalism and, perhaps, democracy. Bruce Rutherford draws on in-depth interviews with Egyptian judges, lawyers, Islamic activists, politicians, and businesspeople. He utilizes major court rulings, political documents of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the writings of Egypt's leading contemporary Islamic thinkers. Rutherford demonstrates that, in post-Mubarak Egypt, progress toward liberalism and democracy is likely to be slow. Essential reading on a subject of global importance, this edition includes a new introduction by Rutherford that takes stock of the Arab Spring and the Muslim Brotherhood's victories in the 2011-2012 elections.