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After Repression - How Polarization Derails Democratic Transition (Paperback)
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After Repression - How Polarization Derails Democratic Transition (Paperback)
Series: Princeton Studies in Political Behavior
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How differing forms of repression shape the outcomes of democratic
transitions In the wake of the Arab Spring, newly empowered
factions in Tunisia and Egypt vowed to work together to establish
democracy. In Tunisia, political elites passed a new constitution,
held parliamentary elections, and demonstrated the strength of
their democracy with a peaceful transfer of power. Yet in Egypt,
unity crumbled due to polarization among elites. Presenting a new
theory of polarization under authoritarianism, After Repression
reveals how polarization and the legacies of repression led to
these substantially divergent political outcomes. Drawing on
original interviews and a wealth of new historical data, Elizabeth
Nugent documents polarization among the opposition in Tunisia and
Egypt prior to the Arab Spring, tracing how different kinds of
repression influenced the bonds between opposition groups. She
demonstrates how widespread repression created shared political
identities and decreased polarization-such as in Tunisia-while
targeted repression like that carried out against the Muslim
Brotherhood in Egypt led opposition groups to build distinct
identities that increased polarization among them. This helps
explain why elites in Tunisia were able to compromise, cooperate,
and continue on the path to democratic consolidation while deeply
polarized elites in Egypt contributed to the rapid reentrenchment
of authoritarianism. Providing vital new insights into the ways
repression shapes polarization, After Repression helps to explain
what happened in the turbulent days following the Arab Spring and
illuminates the obstacles to democratic transitions around the
world.
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