Democratic Backsliding in Post-Mubarak Egypt

Arshad examines the phenomenon of ‘democratic backsliding’ in post-2011 Egypt. Capturing a critical juncture in Egyptian politics, this book explains the failure of Egypt’s nascent democratic experiment and its relapse into authoritarianism.

Egypt is the crucial playbook to understand the reversal of a country towards an authoritarian regime and what measures state and non-state actors should emplo...