Egypt: Rethinking Democratization Process Between 1981 to 2011

Abstract

The process of democratization is happening in many different places around the world including Egypt. Its birth mean wider popular participation and greater public contestation over the right to win control of the government in a free competitive election which will determine who governs, and it is typically accompanied by much public drama. Many countries with histories of little political pluralism almost always have a harder time with transition from authoritarian or semi-democracy to a full or more democratic political regime. This study reviews Hosni Mubarak thirty years rule, democratization process and political reforms in Egypt.