Constitutionalist contention in contemporary Egypt

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1590-1610

  El Ghobashy, Mona ^a  

^a Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Egypt; Legal mobilization; Political contention

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649098259     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764208316359     Document Type: Article

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