@article{351724,
      recid = {351724},
      author = {ʻArafāt, ʻAlāʾ al-Dīn.},
      title = {The Mubarak leadership and future of democracy in Egypt  [electronic resource] /},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {1 online resource (xii, 269 p.)},
      year = {2009},
      note = {Description based on print version record.},
      abstract = {Some things seem to go on so long that we take them for  granted. Egypt's Mubarak regime has that timeless quality,  but in truth it nears the end. Presidential elections are  scheduled for 2011, if not sooner, and the aged Mubarak  will likely step aside. His son Gamal waits in the wings,  seemingly alone. But the regime comes under many pressures,  both foreign and domestic, to bring democratic reforms and  free and fair elections to Egypt. A hereditary succession  would be highly suspect, and in all probability  destabilizing and illegitimate. Furthermore, as a key  Middle East power and crucial US ally, Egypt's transfer of  power has profound implications for the region and must be  managed with the utmost care. Meanwhile, the threat of an  Islamist regime lurks in the background, as the Muslim  Brotherhood has achieved a grudging parity with the  weakening Mubarak regime since 2005. The push for  democratic reform is thus tempered by the perceived need  for stability. Meanwhile, the Egyptian people long for  democracy, and the thought of a Gamal Mubarak regime  stretching across two more decades is crushing to  contemplate.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/351724},
}