POLI 340 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Farouk Of Egypt, Mohamed Morsi, Arab Spring
11 Oct 2018
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Ismail wanted to turn egypt like european cities, put his country through so much debt: britain invaded egypt, anti-western rioting in cairo in 1952, monarchy was overthrown by a group of military officers calling themselves free. Officers, organized by abdel nasser: nasser began a crash program of nationalization and industrialization, established arab socialism as the hegemonic state ideology, institutions and governance, egypt has gone 3 revolutions since 1952, 1. Removal of farouk: overthrow of mubarak in 2011, popularly-backed military ouster of presidents morsi in 2013, 3 phenomena that marked egypt"s political landscape in the past 60 years, 1. Strong executive authority concentrated in the president (before him the king: 2. Overweening role of the military in the country"s politics and economics: 3. Weakness of institutions charged with maintaining the rule of law: executive supremacy, like us, egypt has been a presidential republic.
