Egypt after Mubarak : : Liberalism, Islam, and Democracy in the Arab World / / Bruce K. Rutherford.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Rutherford, Bruce K.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: With a New introduction by the author
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics ; 48
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.) :; 1 table.

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction to the Paperback Edition -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER ONE. Hybrid Regimes and Arab Democracy -- CHAPTER TWO. Liberal Constitutionalism -- CHAPTER THREE. Islamic Constitutionalism -- CHAPTER FOUR. The Decline of Statism and the Convergence of Political Alternatives -- CHAPTER FIVE. Economic Restructuring and the Rise of Market Liberalism -- CHAPTER SIX Liberalism, Islam, and Egypt's Political Future -- Bibliography -- Index -- Backmatter