Managing change: how Egypt’s military leadership shaped the transformation

Mediterranean Politics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 23-43

  Roll, Stephan ^a  

^a GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AND SECURITY AFFAIRS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LEADERSHIP; MILITARY INTERVENTION; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICAL REFORM; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

EGYPT;

EID: 84954387342     PISSN: 13629395     EISSN: 17439418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2015.1081452     Document Type: Article

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