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Przemiany polityczne w Egipcie po dymisji Husniego Mubaraka
Political transformations in Egypt after the resignation of Hosni Mubarak

Author(s): Michał Lipa
Subject(s): Politics, Political history, Islam studies, Government/Political systems, Electoral systems, Present Times (2010 - today)
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza KA AFM
Keywords: Egypt; Hosni Mubarak

Summary/Abstract: In this article I have characterized the first year of the political transformation in Egypt. The character of this process causes a lot of controversies and objections within the Egyptian society and main political groups, what – in effect – induces the situation of permanent political crisis. First of all, I have presented a very beginnings of this process, and then depicted the main political events. After that, I have marked the main political groups and characterized them aims. I have also depicted the framework of temporary political system, analyzed the parliamentary elections, characterized the problems with the presidential elections and with the drafting of a new constitution. The main thesis of this article is the assertion that the army (as main political actor) tend to exert influence on a new constitution – in order to maintain its corporatist interests and to be able to affect the Egyptian politics indirectly, what does not favour the democratization.

  • Issue Year: IX/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 63-81
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish