Abstract
This paper explores the hypothesis of a convergence between ‘backsliding’ European liberal democracies and the ‘pseudo-liberalization’ of Middle Eastern authoritarian systems 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 in the evolution of both political power and resistance, and therefore miss potentially important transnational characteristics in the evolution of regime types.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 120-127 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | European Urban and Regional Studies |
Volume | 20 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Jan 2013 |
Keywords
- Italy
- Egypt
- democracy
- liberalism
- authoritarianism
- civil society
- clientelism
- corruption
- post-democratization