Judges and generals in the making of modern Egypt :: how institutions sustain and undermine authoritarian regimes /: Mahmoud Hamad.

Name: Judges and generals in the making of modern Egypt : how institutions sustain and undermine authoritarian regimes / Mahmoud Hamad.
ISBN: 9781108559393

Hamad, Mahmoud,

Judges and generals in the making of modern Egypt : how institutions sustain and undermine authoritarian regimes / Mahmoud Hamad.

Hamad, Mahmoud, author.

2018

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Hamad, Mahmoud, author.

Title

Judges and generals in the making of modern Egypt : how institutions sustain and undermine authoritarian regimes / Mahmoud Hamad.

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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

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1 online resource (xi, 323 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

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The historical legacies and the institutional culture of the Egyptian Judiciary
Nasser's Egypt : charisma, populism, and the attacks on judicial independence
The years of Sadat : crisis, regime survival, and the awakening of judicial activism
Judicial politics under Mubarak : judges and the fall of the Pharaoh
The SCAF, the courts, and Islamists : judges and the political transition
Mursi and the judiciary : the self-fulfilling prophecy
Patricians and Plebeians : the chief justice paves the road to the general
Old wine in a new bottle : Sisi, judges, and the restoration of the Ancien Régime.

Summary

Why do authoritarian regimes survive? How do dictators fail? What role do political institutions play in these two processes? Many of the answers to these questions can be traced to the same source: the interaction between institutions and preferences. Using Egypt as a case study, Professor Mahmoud Hamad describes how the synergy between judges and generals created the environment for the present government and a delicate balance for its survival. The history of modern Egypt is one of the struggle between authoritarian governments, and forces that advocate for more democratic rights. While the military has provided dictatorial leaders, the judiciary provides judges who have the power to either support or stymie authoritarian power. Judges and Generals in the Making of Modern Egypt provides a historically grounded explanation for the rise and demise of authoritarianism, and is one of the first studies of Egypt's judicial institutions within a single analytical framework.

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English