1st Edition
Islamists and Secularists in Egypt Opposition, Conflict & Cooperation
1. Introduction 2. The Egyptian Political System from Full Autocracy under Nasser to Liberalized Autocracy under Sadat and Mubarak 3. Islamists and Non-Islamists in the Egyptian Opposition 4. Alliance Building between Islamists and Non-Islamists In the Egyptian Opposition 5. Cycles of Conflict and Cooperation between Islamists and Non-Islamists In the Opposition 6. Opposition Cohesion in Comparative Perspective
Biography
Dina Shehata is a senior researcher at Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies in Cairo. She received her PhD in Comparative Politics from Georgetown University in 2008. Her research interests include issues of authoritarianism, political reform and liberalization in the Arab world.
"Readers concerned that the emerging transition in Egypt has made the book outdated might consider the timing of its publication a strength as much as a weakness [...] Rubin's discussion of the work of the pulic prosecutors, for instance, is both lively and thought provoking." - Ruth Miller, University of Massachusetts, International Journal of Middle East Studies, 44:1, Feb. 2012
