Table of Contents

Patronage in Controlled Democracies; The Presidency; Political Parties; Voter Recruitment; Reflections on Party Politics.

About the Author

Dr May Kassem, Lecturer at the American University in Cairo (AUC), gained her Ph.D. in politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London.

Reviews

'her first -hand field work combined with sound analytical judgement reveals the true nature and likely course of democratisation in the second largest country in the Middle East.' The Middle East 'Dr May Kassem ... contributes effectively to our understanding of Egyptian politics and ... contributes to our understanding of the motives and consequences of the political liberalization experiments on which Middle East authoritarian regimes have embarked in recent decades.' Dialogue