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This 5 page paper discusses some of the forces that are shaping Egypt's politics of democratization. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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East. This paper examines some of the forces shaping Egypts attempts at democratization. Discussion Egypts policies seem to be a sort of "balancing act" between an authoritarian government and the
"ever-present forces for democratization and Islamization. These three often-contentious forces punctuate the last two decades of Egypts history" (Tate, 1998). While the forces of democratization move the country in that
direction, Islamist movements act as a "counterweight" in the process of liberalization, "slowing and often reversing its progress" (Tate, 1998). Tate defines democratization as the process of replacing "a
government that was not chosen through open, free, and fair elections by one that is" (Tate, 1998). He differentiates this from liberalization, saying that liberalization is "the partial opening of
an authoritarian system short of choosing governmental leaders through freely competitive elections" (Tate, 1998). An authoritarian regime may take some liberal steps at times, such as releasing political prisoners or
loosening censorship, but it is possible for a government to do this "without submitting top decision makers to the electoral contest" (Tate, 1998). This is liberalization but not democratization, though
it can lead to it (Tate, 1998). Tate argues that the driver for the process of change is the "global trend of intensifying communication and economic integration" (Tate, 1998). More
specifically, it is "mans need for the empowerment of choice - his innate desire to participate in personal and societal governance" (Tate, 1998). The revolution that is taking place in
travel, technology and communications has made people around the world aware that "life can be better, and is so in democratic nations" (Tate, 1998). Thus, at its heart, democratization is
"a response to dissatisfaction by the populace with the status quo" (Tate, 1998). At the time Tate wrote, experts were agreed that there was a drive for democratization in
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