The International Dimensions of Democratization in Egypt: The Limits of Externally-Induced Change: 11 (Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, 11). Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.The International Dimensions of Democratization in Egypt: The Limits of Externally-Induced Change: 11 (Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, 11)

This book purports to examine the international dimensions of the democratization process in Egypt in the post Cold War era; a theme which acquired significance at the academic and policy-oriented levels in light of the growing internationalization of reform arrangements in the Arab world in post 9/11 and the greater involvement of external powers in Arab politics following the Arab Spring uprisings.

During the second half of the twentieth century, the mainstream scholarship presented the democratization process as the outcome of domestic conditions not significantly influenced by actors outside the nation-state. With the end of the Cold War, this perspective was challenged as a result of the third wave of democratization and the subsequent growth of the “good governance” discourse on the agenda of the international development establishment. The new perspective attached a more significant role to external factors in the democratization process than was originally conceptualized.

Gamal M. Selim is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Port Said University (Egypt) and the British University in Egypt, and the Coordinator of Academic Activity for the International Association of Middle Eastern Studies (IAMES). He obtained a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Calgary in 2011. His research interests include international relations theory, arms control and non-proliferation, democratization, politics of development and international relations of the Middle East. His most recent work include: Global and Regional Approaches to Arms Control in the Middle East: A Critical Assessment from the Arab World (2013); Sectarianism and External Intervention: The US Occupation of Iraq and the Rise of ‘Political Sectarianism’ in the Arab World (2013). He has published numerous articles on Egyptian and Middle East politics. His latest journal articles have appeared in Arab Studies Quarterly and International Journal of Contemporary Iraqi Studies.