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The fall of Hosni Mubarak: Skocpol's structural approach
The recent Arab Spring movement in the Middle East and North Africa has been heralded as a transition to democracy for a region plagued by authoritarian regimes and their durable leaders. This paper seeks to understand why Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's former long-time president, was forced from office...
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| author | Price, Clare |
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| description | The recent Arab Spring movement in the Middle East and North Africa has been heralded as
a transition to democracy for a region plagued by authoritarian regimes and their durable
leaders. This paper seeks to understand why Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's former long-time
president, was forced from office during the early months of 2011. Influenced by recent work
in political scholarship on the Middle East, the Post-democratisation paradigm, seeks to
escape from the democratisation paradigm. Instead of viewing events as indicative of
inevitable democratisation in the region, the paper attempts to explain events in terms of
Skocpol's structural approach to revolution which can also be used to understand significant
social change. In line with the structural approach the paper provides a contextual and
narrative history of Egyptian politics, including opposition and protests, as a backdrop to the
events between the 25th of January and the 11th of February 2011 which led to Hosni
Mubarak leaving office. The paper exhibits structural contradictions in the Mubarak regime,
some of which would lead to tension in the elite. Specifically, it highlights tension between
the military and the Mubaraks over the matter of Gamal Mubarak's apparent succession of his
father. This explains why the military would not use coercive force to help maintain
Mubarak's power. It found that the social movement #January25 was successful at
maintaining momentum in the face of state repression, including an analysis of the role of
social media. |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/3717 The fall of Hosni Mubarak: Skocpol's structural approach Price, Clare Reddy, Thiven The recent Arab Spring movement in the Middle East and North Africa has been heralded as a transition to democracy for a region plagued by authoritarian regimes and their durable leaders. This paper seeks to understand why Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's former long-time president, was forced from office during the early months of 2011. Influenced by recent work in political scholarship on the Middle East, the Post-democratisation paradigm, seeks to escape from the democratisation paradigm. Instead of viewing events as indicative of inevitable democratisation in the region, the paper attempts to explain events in terms of Skocpol's structural approach to revolution which can also be used to understand significant social change. In line with the structural approach the paper provides a contextual and narrative history of Egyptian politics, including opposition and protests, as a backdrop to the events between the 25th of January and the 11th of February 2011 which led to Hosni Mubarak leaving office. The paper exhibits structural contradictions in the Mubarak regime, some of which would lead to tension in the elite. Specifically, it highlights tension between the military and the Mubaraks over the matter of Gamal Mubarak's apparent succession of his father. This explains why the military would not use coercive force to help maintain Mubarak's power. It found that the social movement #January25 was successful at maintaining momentum in the face of state repression, including an analysis of the role of social media. 2014-07-30T03:45:46Z 2014-07-30T03:45:46Z 2013 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/3717 eng application/pdf Department of Political Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Cape Town |
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| title | The fall of Hosni Mubarak: Skocpol's structural approach |
| title_full | The fall of Hosni Mubarak: Skocpol's structural approach |
| title_fullStr | The fall of Hosni Mubarak: Skocpol's structural approach |
| title_full_unstemmed | The fall of Hosni Mubarak: Skocpol's structural approach |
| title_short | The fall of Hosni Mubarak: Skocpol's structural approach |
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