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An examination of how legacies of authoritarian rule shaped the outcome of Egypt's 2011 founding elections.
List of contents
1. Authoritarian politics and founding elections; Part I. Members of the Club or the Only Game in Town?: 2. Divided opposition in Egypt (1981-2011); 3. Authoritarian political opportunity structures in comparative perspective; 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); 5. Party formation and political mobilization in comparative perspective; Part III. Epilogue: 6. When the dust settles – Authoritarian legacies beyond founding elections; 7. Authoritarian legacies and the prospects for democratic consolidation.
About the author
Alanna Torres-Van Antwerp is a Senior Adjunct Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. She has previously served as a Foreign Affairs Analyst, held Middle East research positions at the Political Instability Task Force and National Defense University's Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, and worked for international nongovernmental organizations in Eurasia and the Middle East. She was the recipient of a David L. Boren Graduate Fellowship for research in Egypt. She has authored articles in Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization and Foreign Policy's Middle East Channel.
Summary
When an authoritarian regime collapses, what determines whether an opposition group will form a political party, be successful in mobilizing voters, and survive or dissolve as a group in subsequent years? Based on unique field research, this examines how legacies of authoritarian rule shaped the outcome of Egypt's 2011 founding elections.
