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RABAB ELMAHDI

Rabab ElMahdi is an assistant professor of political science at the American University in Cairo.  She finished her PhD at McGill University in Montreal, where she wrote her dissertation on the impact of neo-liberal economic reconstruction on changing patterns of state-civil society relations in Egypt and Bolivia. Her field of specialization is comparative political economy and development with a focus on Latin America and the Middle East. El-Mahdi's research interests cover the areas of state-civil society relations, social movements and resistance, as well as the political economy of social policy.  Before joining AUC she worked for several developmental organizations including NGOs and UN agencies. 

Research Interests

• Comparative Political Economy of Latin American and the Middle East - State-Civil Society Relations
• Social Movements and Resistance
• Women's Movements
• Democratic Transitions

Conference Presentations

“Labor as an Agent of Democracy in Egypt and Brazil” American Political Science Association (APSA), Toronto, September 2009 

“Middle-Class Women Activism in Egypt” Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Washington D.C., November 2008.

“Power and Resistance:Between Social Movements and Covert Resistance” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, April 2008.

“A Feminist Movment in Egypt: Different or Non-Existent?” Middle East Studies Association (MESA), Montreal, November 2007.

“Enough! Egypt’s Quest for Democracy”, American Political Science Association (APSA) Conference, Philadelphia, September 2006.

“What Kind of Civil Society Do Donors Want?”, European University Institute Annual Conference, Florence, March 2005.

“Social Safety Nets and Grassroots’ Mobilization in Egypt and Bolivia”, American Political Science Association (APSA) Conference, Chicago, September 2004.

“Exclusionary Development: Civil Society and Citizenship Construction”, European University Institute Annual Conference, Florence, March 2000.

Recent Publications

“Anti-Globalization Movement” in Encyclopedia of Political Science. Washington D.C.: Sage Publications, forthcoming 2010.

“Labor and Contentious Politics in Egypt.” in New Protest Movements in Egypt (in Arabic) ed. Dina Shehata Cairo: Al-Ahram Center for Strategic Studies, forthcoming.

“Enough! The Budding of Social Movements in Egypt?” Comparative Political Studies (peer-reviewed and one of the top 5 journals in comparative politics), 42:3 August 2009.

Egypt: A Moment of Change.  An edited volume of ten chapters covering the economy, politics and society of contemporary Egypt. Co-edited with P.Marfleet. London: Zed Press, 2009

“Pro-Democracy Movement in Egypt”, in Egypt: A Moment of Change.  Co-edited with P. Marfleet. London: Zed Publication, 2009.

“Egypt’s Feminist Movement: Different or Non-Existant?”, Cairo Papers for Social Sciences,. Cairo: AUC Press, June 2009:16-36.

“The Neoliberal Model: Politics of the State”, Social Papers (in Arabic) November 2008: 35-42.

“Population and Development: 21st Century Challenges”, 2002

Media Appearances

Featured speaker on: CNN  documentary “Egypt: A Test Case for Democracy” 2005. CBC news 2005, British Channel 4  documentary “ Blogging on the Nile” 2006,  BBC World Service Debate “New Media and Democracy” 2007, Al-Jazeera English “Inside Story” 2008.  Interviewed by the Washington Post, L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, Herald Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, and all independent Egyptian newspapers.

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Parliamentary Democracy Democratization, Destabilization, Reconsolidation 1789-1999 Advances in Political Science Klaus von Beyme T his comprehensive study of parliamentary regimes since 1789 covers the road to the parliamentarization of former constitutional monarchies and the creation of parliamentary regimes by exercising the constitution-making power of the people. What has been called "democratization" in most literature was until 1918 mostly "parliamentarization." Democratization of the regimes frequently caused destabilization of the parliamentary regimes by new parties and extremist movements entering the political arena. The book covers the functions of parliament and the recruitment of deputies and traces the conditions of government formation and dissolution in the triangle of forces: parliament, government, and head of the state. Praise ...one of the richest works on the topic of parliamentary democracy...an interesting, well-written and valuable book... International Politics  About the Author(s) Klaus von Beyme Klaus von Beyme is Professor and Director of the Institute of Political Science at the University of Heidelberg. Table of Contents Parliamentary Government--The Rise of a Concept * Parliamentarization of Representative Governments * Organizational Basis of Parliamentary Sovereignty * Functions of Parliaments * The Role of the Head of the State in Relation to Parliament and Government * The Government and Parliamentary Majority Palgrave Macmillan, August 2000 ISBN: 978-0-312-22779-1, ISBN10: 0-312-22779-5,  5 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, 256 pages, Hardcover $155.00 Buy other sellers Exam Copies      Desk Copies Praise Table of Contents Biography

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