POL112H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Clean House, Labor Rights, Hosni Mubarak
7 Jul 2016
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Pol112 reading: getting to democracy: lessons from successful transitions- Mass protests swept the egyptian autocrat hosni mubarak from power. Most local and foreign observers thought egypt was on path to democratic future. But election of mohamed morsi & muslim brotherhood"s freedom and justice. Party led to polarization and violence and in 2013 after more mass protests. General abdel fattah el-sisi seized power in a military coup. Since then sisi"s regime has killed more than 1000 civilians, imprisoned tens of thousands more and cracked down on media and civil society. Tunisia- wave of arab uprisings began there in 2010 and democratic government that tunisia"s revolution ushered in survived. Succeeded at transition"s critical tasks: agreeing to a new constitution, an achievement recognized by nobel committee when it awarded its peace. Prize to a quartet of civil society organizations active in tunisia"s transition. Tunisia"s democracy remains fragile, threatened by political violence, crackdown on dissidents and human rights violations.
