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Popular Revolt and Military Intransigence in Egypt

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The popular uprising in Egypt in 2011 surprised many and raised expectations of substantive political reform. Yet, it might have been better to exercise caution about Egypt’s post-uprising direction. As we have witnessed, there are few guarantees during a transition phase of regime change. The analysis in the following chapter underscores that the character of the post-Mubarak political outcome is largely the product of a polity snared in the capricious embrace of reactionary military elites and authoritarian legacies. It argues that the current situation, while disappointing to normative aspirations, was not wholly unexpected.

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    Paul J. Carnegie

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  1. Macmillan Brown Center for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

    Steven Ratuva

  2. School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

    Radomir Compel

  3. Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências, Sao Paulo State University, Marília, São Paulo, Brazil

    Sergio Aguilar

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Carnegie, P.J. (2019). Popular Revolt and Military Intransigence in Egypt. In: Ratuva, S., Compel, R., Aguilar, S. (eds) Guns & Roses: Comparative Civil-Military Relations in the Changing Security Environment. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2008-8_3

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