Title: Egypt, Islam and democracy : critical essays ; with a new postscript /
Authors: Ibrahim, Saad Eddin.
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Islam and politics Egypt.; Egypt Politics and government; Egypt Social conditions.; Egypt Economic conditions.; Egypt Politics and government; Egypt Social conditions; Egypt Economic conditions
Abstract: "These essays by one of Egypt's most influential intellectuals provide a fascinating perspective on the political, religious, economic, and social issues of contemporary Egypt. Written over a period of fifteen years, the essays cover a range of topics including civil society and the prospects for democratization in Egypt and the region, the urban sociology of Cairo, the development of Egypt's landed bourgeoisie, structural adjustment and the processes of economic liberalization, and the complexities of ethnic conflicts and minorities in the Arab world. A number of essays address different aspects of Islamic activism in Egypt: the formation, membership, and activities of activist groups and their philosophies, political and social roles, and ideological relations with the West."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Anatomy of Egypt's militant Islamic groups : methodological notes and preliminary findings / International Journal of Middle East Studies 12, 1980 -- An Islamic alternative in Egypt : the Muslim brotherhood and Sadat / Arab Studies Quarterly 4, 1981 -- Islamic activism and political opposition in Egypt / Presented to the seminar on Aspects of Egyptian Development, Center for Development Research, Copenhagen, June 1990 -- The changing face of Egypt's Islamic activism / Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies, Cairo, May 1995 -- Cairo : a sociological profile / "The Middle East city : ancient traditions confront a modern world", ed. Abdulaziz Y. Saqqaf, New York : Paragon House, Inc., 1987 -- Egypt's landed bourgeoisie / "Developmentalism and beyond : society and politics in Egypt and Turkey", eds. Ayse Öncü, Çaglar Keyder, Saad Eddin Ibrahim, Cairo : The American University in Cairo Press, 1994 -- Governance and structural adjustment : the Egyptian case / Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies, Cairo, November 1994 -- Management and mismanagement of diversity : the case of ethnic conflict and state-building in the Arab world / The International Spectator 30, 1994 -- The vindication of Sadat in the Arab world / The Washington Institute of Policy Series, Research Memorandum 22, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, October 1995 -- Grassroots development in Egypt / Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies, Cairo, August 1993 -- Civil society and prospects of democratization in the Arab world / "Civil society in the Middle East, ed. Richard Augustis Norton, Leiden, E.J. Brill, 1995 -- Revisiting Egypt, Islam, and democracy : a note from prison / Tora Farm prison, Cairo, September 2001.