Youths and Radical Groups from the Perspective of Youths

Ali AlMamouri ,Amr ElShobaki ,Anna Fleischer ,Ayman Abdel Moati ,Baligh Al Mekhlafi ,Bilal el Amine ,Cristina Casbon ,Fouad Ghorbali ,Georges Fahmi ,Habiba Mohsen ,Hazim Fouad ,Jana Nakhal ,Jerome Drevon ,Labib Ismail ,Mavie Maher ,Mohamed ElAgati ,Mohamed Sahbi Khalafoui ,Omar Fassatoui ,Omar Samir Khalaf ,Rabha Allam ,Rouba El Helou ,Sahar Mandour ,Samiha ALHamdi ,Sara Soujar ,Sezer OZCAN ,Sheirf Mohieldin ,Yassin BazzazRadical religious groups witnessed three phases of transformation in their contemporary history. They started with big jihadi organizations then were reduced to small cells until big organizations made a powerful comeback that was distinguished by the use of tactics that were…

Cross- Party Relations and Political Transitions: Negotiations and Compromise

Amr El Shobaki ,Andrew Feinstein ,Greg Power ,Kirk H Sowell ,Sana Mersni ,Stephen Farry ,Sue Griffiths ,Wassim MansouriPolitical Parties have a duty to the public to work together in the interests of the political system as a whole. Although it is important for parties to have distinct political positions, they must be ready to compromise and to reach political settlements at times of transition and serious conflict. Nevertheless, some political parties can see negotiation and compromise as a sign of weakness, particularly at times of crisis and upheaval in the political system.

Commitment to the Party Line: Egyptian and International Experiences

Ahmed Fawzy ,Jacqui Smith ,Mohamed ElAgati ,Nick Sigler ,Sameh Makram EbeidEgyptOne cannot imagine that the crisis of party-line commitment faced by Egyptian political parties can be tackled or resolved without dealing with a key structural factor related to the process of establishing political parties following the Egyptian revolution. This was the historic moment that has ever since deeply affected the Egyptian political parties with its complications, manifestations, impacts and echo. The moments of the emergence of the Egyptian revolution and the first days of the revolution in the following 18 days were basically epic moments given the variety and diversity…

Political Parties and Public Opinion in Egypt

Greg Power ,Mohamed ElAgati ,Nick Harvey ,Nick Sigler ,Sobhi esselaThe purpose of commissioning this poll was to offer all the political parties in Egypt some insight into the issues that most concern the public, the public’s opinion of parties as a whole, and what would be more likely to make them vote for particular candidates and parties.

The Left and the Arab Revolutions

Abbas Merza AlMorshed ,Ayman Abdel Moati ,Beshri Maktari ,Georges Fahmi ,Habiba Mohsen ,Mohamed ElAgati ,Omar Samir Khalaf ,Salama Kela ,Sonia AlTamimiIt seemed that the Arab revolutions came at the backdrop of a somehow clear absence of the Left factions and forces at the level of action as well as at the level of political impact in the Arab street on the different causes and concerns of the citizens. Still, Leftist forces, old as well as other new ones, born from the womb of the conflict in the last years of the new millennium, have tried to play different roles in…

The Egyptian Shura council and the international experiences

Anthony Mughan ,Anyim Ude ,James Selfe ,Mac Harb ,Mani Shankar Aiyar ,Mohamed ElAgati ,Natasha Stott Despoja ,Nico Schrijver ,Nouran AhmedEgyptThe Egyptian Shura Council is one of the most controversial political bodies in Egypt, caught between those who support its continuation and those who believe it should be abolished. This is an old debate in Egyptian politics that dates back to the Council’s founding under President Sadat. However, this debate was given a boost in the wake of the revolution of January 25, 2011 in the context of attempts to revisit the past political legacy and build a new political system…

Electoral Campaigns (Strategies and challenges)

Habiba Mohsen ,Mohamed ElAgati ,Nick Harvey ,Nick Sigler ,Rania ZadaEgyptThe book aims to discuss different strategies used in managing election campaigns, focusing on the case of parliamentary elections in 2011 and the way various political and party blocs stood for election amid the difficult circumstances during the transitional period that followed the January 25 Revolution. At the end of every chapter, an international expert in the field of election campaign management will set out a number of recommendations and summarize international experience in this field

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