Elections and Distributive Politics in Mubarak s Egypt 1st Edition by Lisa Blaydes ISBN 978-1107617018 1107617014

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ISBN 10:  1107617014

ISBN 13: 978-1107617018

Author: Lisa Blaydes

Despite its authoritarian political structure, Egypt’s government has held competitive, multi-party parliamentary elections for more than 30 years. This book argues that, rather than undermining the durability of the Mubarak regime, competitive parliamentary elections ease important forms of distributional conflict, particularly conflict over access to spoils. In a comprehensive examination of the distributive consequences of authoritarian elections in Egypt, Lisa Blaydes examines the triadic relationship between Egypt’s ruling regime, the rent-seeking elite that supports the regime, and the ordinary citizens who participate in these elections. She describes why parliamentary candidates finance campaigns to win seats in a legislature that lacks policymaking power, as well as why citizens engage in the costly act of voting in such a context.

Table of contents: 

1. Introduction

2. Political and Economic Change since 1952

3. Elections and Elite Management

4. The Politics of Infrastructure Provision

5. Electoral Budget Cycles and Economic Opportunism

6. Vote Buying, Turnout, and Spoiled Ballots

7. Elections and Elite Corruption

8. Elections and the Muslim Brotherhood

9. Liberal Intellectuals and the Demand for Democratic Change

10. Foreign Pressure and Institutional Change

11. Egypt in Comparative Perspective

12. Conclusion

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