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Why does Islam seem to dominate Egyptian politics, especially when the country's endemic poverty and deep economic inequality would seem to render it promising terrain for a politics of radical redistribution rather than one of religious conservativism? This book argues that the answer lies not in the political unsophistication of voters, the subordination of economic interests to spiritual ones, or the ineptitude of secular and leftist politicians, but in organizational and social factors that shape the opportunities of parties in authoritarian and democratizing systems to reach potential voters. Tracing the performance of Islamists and their rivals in Egyptian elections over the course of almost forty years, this book not only explains why Islamists win elections, but illuminates the possibilities for the emergence in Egypt of the kind of political pluralism that is at the heart of what we expect from democracy

Introduction / Tarek Masoud and Scott Mainwaring -- India's democratic longevity and its troubled trajectory / Ashutosh Varshney -- The politics of permanent pitfalls : historical inheritances and Indonesia's democratic survival / Dan Slater -- Africa's democratic outliers : success amid challenges in Benin and South Africa / Rachel Beatty Riedl -- Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine : democratic moments in the former Soviet Union / Lucan Ahmad Way -- The puzzle of Timor-Leste / Nancy Bermeo -- Economic crises, military rebellions, and democratic survival : Argentina, 1983-2020 -- Scott Mainwaring and Emilia Simison -- Conclusion / Scott Mainwaring.

This study is premised on the notion that subnational undemocratic regimes (SURs) within countries not only differ among each other but that they maintain different relations with the federal government, which is why they are reproduced differently. The book argues that alternative pathways of SUR continuity result first and foremost from the capacity (or lack thereof) of democratic presidents to wield power over SURs and autocrats