POL SCI 157 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mostafa El-Nahas, Farouk Of Egypt, Abolition Of Monarchy
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Began with fall of ottoman empire in wwi. What is a state: sovereign political entities. International recognition, boundaries and flag: set of institutions and practives. Nation : religious, ethnic or tribal communities, concept of nation-state does not work well. Region specific reasons for expansion of public sector: implementation of land reforms. Land owners too powerful: failure of the private sector to meet the challenges of development in the early independence period. Exodus of foreign officials and businessman: drive for arab unity (arab nationalism and socialism, oil wealth. Nasser and wafd party: independence in 1922, three legs at table. Wafd party which had good amount of power: arab-israeli war. King faruq blamed for loss: 1950 election. Abrogation of treaty with britain: 1952 free officers movement. Abolished monarchy, constitution and political partiies (wafd) Declared a republic, naguib appointed as president & prime minister: 1954 naguib resigns and nasser gets post, nasser gets country moving in right direction.
