Democratization in the Arab World?: The Decline of Pluralism in Mubarak’s Egypt

Issue Date October 2002
Volume 13
Issue 4
Page Numbers 6-14
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Since a tenuous political opening a decade ago, the Mubarak regime has systematically asphyxiated democracy in Egypt.

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