Dilemma of Authoritarian Local Governance in Egypt

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Dilemma of Authoritarian Local Governance in Egypt is written by Hani Awad and published by Edinburgh University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1399502557 (ISBN 10) and 9781399502559 (ISBN 13).

The authoritarian upgrading process in Egypt has enabled the regime to have a more effective dominance in local politics and to enhance its political control. However, its strategies failed to overcome the weakness of system mobilisation functions, which reflected the authoritarian dilemma of bridging the macro (the national) and the micro (the local). Drawing on extensive fieldwork, Hani Awad explores the formal and informal decentralisation strategies employed under three regimes (Nasser, Sadat and Mubarak) to upgrade the Egyptian system of local governance without giving up power or democratising local governments.