Title Legacies of Repression in Egypt and Tunisia Authoritarianism, Political Mobilization, and Founding Elections

Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (344 p.) Contents Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Tracing Founding Elections to Their Authoritarian Roots -- Empirical Puzzles -- The Case of Egypt's 2011 Founding Elections -- Linking Authoritarian Politics to Founding Elections -- Method of Inquiry and Case Selection -- Plan of the Book -- 1 Authoritarian Politics and Founding Elections -- The Political Opportunity Structure of Authoritarian Regimes -- Theorizing Political Opportunity Structure and Links to Founding Elections Linking POS to Party Formation -- Linking POS to Political Mobilization -- Mechanisms of Mobilization -- Authoritarian Legacies and Opposition Group Survival or Dissolution -- Reputational Resources, Organizational Characteristics and Loss of Voter Base -- Political Opportunity Structure, Elite Fracture, and Movement Cohesion -- Authoritarian Elites, Institutions and Renewed State Repression -- Observable Implications of the Argument -- Part I Members of the Club or the Only Game in Town? -- 2 Divided Opposition in Egypt (1981-2011) -- Elections and Included Political Opposition Corporatist Relationships: Labor Unions and Professional Syndicates -- Excluded Political Opposition: Islamists, Umbrella Activists, and Labor Rights Activists -- Islamist Movements -- The Muslim Brotherhood -- The Salafi Calling -- The Islamic Group -- Labor Rights Activists -- Pro-reform Umbrella Opposition Groups -- 3 Authoritarian Political Opportunity Structures in Comparative Perspective -- Tunisia (1987-2011) -- Elections and Opposition Political Parties -- Corporatist Relationships -- Excluded Political Opposition -- Al-Nahda -- Labor Activism and Protest -- Summary -- Poland (1952-1989) Corporatist Relationships -- Excluded Political Opposition -- Summary -- Czechoslovakia (1948-1990) -- Corporatist Relationships -- Excluded Political Opposition -- Summary -- Zambia (1973-1991) -- Corporatist Relationships -- Excluded Political Opposition -- Summary -- Brazil (1964-1982) -- Elections and Opposition Political Parties -- Corporatist Relationships -- Excluded Political Groups -- Summary -- Part II Phoenix from the Ashes: Party Formation and Electoral Mobilization after Authoritarian Collapse 4 Linking the Authoritarian Landscape to Party Formation and Political Mobilization in Egypt's Founding Elections (2011) -- Political Opportunity Structure and Party Formation -- Political Opportunity Structure and Voter Mobilization -- Political Opportunity Structure and Organizational Characteristics -- Political Opportunity Structure and Reputational Advantage -- Political Opportunity Structure and Mobilization Strategies -- 5 Party Formation and Political Mobilization in Comparative Perspective -- Tunisia (2011) -- Political Opportunity Structure and Party Formation Summary An examination of how legacies of authoritarian rule shaped the outcome of Egypt's 2011 founding elections Notes Description based upon print version of record Political Opportunity Structure and Voter Mobilization Subject Jamʻīyat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Egypt) SUBJECT Jamʻīyat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Egypt) fast Subject Opposition (Political science) -- Egypt Authoritarianism -- Egypt Opposition (Political science) -- Tunisia Opposition (Political science) -- Poland Opposition (Political science) -- Czechoslovakia Opposition (Political science) -- Zambia Opposition (Political science) -- Brazil Authoritarianism Opposition (Political science) Politics and government SUBJECT Egypt -- Politics and government -- 1981-2011. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041327 Egypt -- Politics and government -- 2011- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2016002906 Subject Brazil Czechoslovakia Egypt Poland Tunisia Zambia Form Electronic book ISBN 1009122231 9781009122238

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