Contested Legitimacies: Repression and Revolt in Post-Revolutionary Egypt

Since The Military Overthrow Of President Mursi In Mid-2013, Egypt Has Witnessed An Authoritarian Rollback. Through A Combination Of Repression And Nationalist Securitizing Discourses, Popular Pressure For Reform Was Successfully Channelled Into A State-centric Model Of Governance. But Despite State Violence And The Restriction Of Public Spaces, Protests Have Anything But Ceased. Contested Legitimacies Explores This Resilience Of Protest Despite Unprecedented Repression Through An Approach Attuned To The Physical And Discursive Interactions Among Key Players In Egypt's Post-revolutionary Arena. Starting With The Successful Tamarod Uprising Against President Mursi, To The Unsuccessful Islamist Resistance Against The Military Coup, To The Rabaa Massacre And The Shrinking Spaces For Protest Under Al-sisi's Authoritarian Rule, To The Resurgence Of Popular Resistance In The Shape The Tiran And Sanafir Island Campaign, It Investigates The Rise And Fall Of Different Coalitions Of Contenders And Explores Their Impact On Egypt's Political Transition. Frontmatter -- Protest And Social Movements -- Table Of Contents -- List Of Figures And Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual Choices And Theoretical Framework -- 3 Brothers And Rebels -- 4 Coup And Anti-coup -- 5 Myths And Martyrs -- 6 New Sheriff In Town -- 7 A Tale Of Two Islands -- 8 Conclusion And Implications -- Appendix: A Mixed-method Approach To The Study Of Contentious Interaction -- Bibliography -- Index Jannis Julien Grimm. Mode Of Access: Internet Via World Wide Web. In English.