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Counting Islam : religion, class, and elections in Egypt
- Title
- Counting Islam : religion, class, and elections in Egypt / Tarek Masoud.
- Author
- Masoud, Tarek E.
- Publication
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
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- Description
- xxii, 252 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Why does Islam seem to dominate Egyptian politics, especially when the country's endemic poverty and deep economic inequality would seem to render it promising terrain for a politics of radical redistribution rather than one of religious conservativism? This book argues that the answer lies not in the political unsophistication of voters, the subordination of economic interests to spiritual ones, or the ineptitude of secular and leftist politicians, but in organizational and social factors that shape the opportunities of parties in authoritarian and democratizing systems to reach potential voters. Tracing the performance of Islamists and their rivals in Egyptian elections over the course of almost forty years, this book not only explains why Islamists win elections, but illuminates the possibilities for the emergence in Egypt of the kind of political pluralism that is at the heart of what we expect from democracy"--
- Series Statement
- Problems of international politics
- Uniform Title
- Problems of international politics.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-240) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 14-3852
- ISBN
- 9781107009875 (hardback)
- 1107009871 (hardback)
- 9780521279116 (paperback)
- 0521279119 (paperback)
- LCCN
- 2013040413
- OCLC
- 861211820
- Author
- Masoud, Tarek E.
- Title
- Counting Islam : religion, class, and elections in Egypt / Tarek Masoud.
- Publisher
- New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Problems of international politicsProblems of international politics.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-240) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-3852