Enough!: Egypt's quest for democracy

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1011-1039

  El Mahdi, Rabab ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Democratization; Egypt; Middle East; Protest; Social movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949150671     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414009331719     Document Type: Article

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