Unrequited Moderation: Credible Commitments and State Repression in Egypt

Studies in Comparative International Development

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 468-489

  Brownlee, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Authoritarianism; Democratization; Islam; Mubarak; Muslim Brothers; Transitions

Indexed keywords

AUTHORITARIANISM; CATHOLICISM; DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION; DEMOCRATIZATION; ELECTORAL SYSTEM; ELITE POLITICS; ISLAMISM; PARTY POLITICS; VIOLENCE;

BELGIUM; EGYPT;

EID: 78650075852     PISSN: 00393606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12116-010-9073-9     Document Type: Article

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