Mura, Andrea and Teti, Andrea. 2013. Convergent (Il)liberalism in the Mediterranean? Notes on Political Trends in Egypt and Italy. European Urban and Regional Studies, 20(1), pp. 120-127. ISSN 0969-7764 [Article]

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This paper explores the hypothesis of a convergence between ‘backsliding’ European liberal democracies and the ‘pseudo-liberalization’ of Middle Eastern authoritarian systems (Cavatorta, 2010) by considering the similarities, beyond the well-known differences, between Italy and Egypt. We suggest that standard indicators of regime type (e.g. Polity IV Authority Index) fail to capture important trends both in the evolution of both the forms of political power and the forms of resistance. Reflecting on such trends may help re-think the current limitations of Democratization theory (Teti, 2012).

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1177/0969776412460535
Keywords:	Civil society, clientelism, corruption, democracy, Egypt, Italy, post-democratization
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Politics
Dates:	Date Event 1 January 2013 Accepted 7 January 2013 Published
Item ID:	19379
Date Deposited:	05 Jan 2017 15:58
Last Modified:	30 Jun 2017 12:19
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/19379

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