Illiberal Democrats in Egypt

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Journal of the Middle East and Africa Pub Date : 2022-06-22 DOI:10.1080/21520844.2022.2075175

Hannah M. Ridge

引用次数: 3

Abstract

ABSTRACT Despite years of high expressed support for democracy in the Middle East, recent social movements have not resulted in durable democratization. Egypt, in particular, experienced an authoritarian reversion under a military coup. This article addresses Egyptians’ support for democracy in the context of Democratic Culture Theory. Using an original survey in Egypt and machine learning, it finds that support for liberal values and support for elected government function independently in Egypt. A large minority of the survey respondents were liberal democrats, but the Egyptian public also includes sizable blocs of illiberal democrats and liberal non-democrats. These results suggest that, although there is real support for democracy in Egypt, there is less commitment to the values that can sustain democracy.

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埃及的非自由民主党

尽管中东地区多年来对民主表达了高度支持，但最近的社会运动并没有导致持久的民主化。尤其是埃及，在军事政变中经历了威权主义的回归。本文在民主文化理论的背景下探讨埃及人对民主的支持。通过对埃及的一项原始调查和机器学习，它发现对自由价值观的支持和对民选政府的支持在埃及独立运作。调查对象中有很大一部分是自由民主派，但埃及公众中也包括相当数量的非自由民主派和自由非民主派。这些结果表明，尽管埃及人真正支持民主，但对维持民主的价值观的承诺却较少。

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Journal of the Middle East and Africa Arts and Humanities-History

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期刊介绍： The Journal of the Middle East and Africa, the flagship publication of the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA), is the first peer-reviewed academic journal to include both the entire continent of Africa and the Middle East within its purview—exploring the historic social, economic, and political links between these two regions, as well as the modern challenges they face. Interdisciplinary in its nature, The Journal of the Middle East and Africa approaches the regions from the perspectives of Middle Eastern and African studies as well as anthropology, economics, history, international law, political science, religion, security studies, women''s studies, and other disciplines of the social sciences and humanities. It seeks to promote new research to understand better the past and chart more clearly the future of scholarship on the regions. The histories, cultures, and peoples of the Middle East and Africa long have shared important commonalities. The traces of these linkages in current events as well as contemporary scholarly and popular discourse reminds us of how these two geopolitical spaces historically have been—and remain—very much connected to each other and central to world history. Now more than ever, there is an acute need for quality scholarship and a deeper understanding of the Middle East and Africa, both historically and as contemporary realities. The Journal of the Middle East and Africa seeks to provide such understanding and stimulate further intellectual debate about them for the betterment of all.