Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics

Liberalism, Islam, and Democracy in the Arab World

Bruce K. Rutherford

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9781400846146
• Topic: Política y relaciones internacionales
• Subtopic: Historia y teoría política

Which way will Egypt go now that Husni Mubarak's authoritarian regime has been swept from power? Will it become an Islamic theocracy similar to Iran? Will it embrace Western-style liberalism and democracy? Egypt after Mubarak reveals that Egypt's secularists and Islamists may yet navigate a middle path that results in a uniquely Islamic form of liberalism and, perhaps, democracy. Bruce Rutherford draws on in-depth interviews with Egyptian judges, lawyers, Islamic activists, politicians, and businesspeople. He utilizes major court rulings, political documents of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the writings of Egypt's leading contemporary Islamic thinkers. Rutherford demonstrates that, in post-Mubarak Egypt, progress toward liberalism and democracy is likely to be slow.
Essential reading on a subject of global importance, this edition includes a new introduction by Rutherford that takes stock of the Arab Spring and the Muslim Brotherhood's victories in the 2011-2012 elections.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Contents
• Introduction to the Paperback Edition
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter One: Hybrid Regimes and Arab Democracy
• Chapter Two: Liberal Constitutionalism: Preserving and Adapting Egypt’s Liberal Tradition
• Chapter Three: Islamic Constitutionalism: The Political Goals of Moderate Islam
• Chapter Four: The Decline of Statism and the Convergence of Political Alternatives
• Chapter Five: Economic Restructuring and the Rise of Market Liberalism
• Chapter Six: Liberalism, Islam, and Egypt’s Political Future
• Bibliography
• Index