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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.

Islam and politics --- Arab Spring, 2010 --- -Elections --- Authoritarianism --- Muslims --- Corrupt practices --- Social conditions --- Jamʻīyat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Egypt) --- Egypt --- Politics and government --- Islam and politics - Egypt --- -Elections - Corrupt practices - Egypt --- Authoritarianism - Egypt --- Muslims - Egypt - Social conditions --- Egypt - Politics and government --- Social conditions. --- Politics and government. --- Mohammedans --- Moors (People) --- Moslems --- Muhammadans --- Musalmans --- Mussalmans --- Mussulmans --- Mussulmen --- Religious adherents --- Islam --- Political science --- Authority --- Electoral politics --- Franchise --- Polls --- Politics, Practical --- Plebiscite --- Political campaigns --- Representative government and representation --- Arab Awakening, 2010 --- -Corrupt practices --- Moslem Brotherhood (Egypt) --- Muslim Brotherhood (Egypt) --- Society of the Muslim Brothers (Egypt) --- Müslüman Kardeşler Teşkilâtı (Egypt) --- İhvan-ı Müslimin (Egypt) --- Aḥim ha-Muslemim (Egypt) --- Ikhwān al-Muslimūn (Egypt) --- Frères musulmans (Egypt) --- Moslem Brothers (Egypt) --- Mifleget ha-El (Egypt) --- Party of God (Egypt) --- Ḥavurah ha-Islamit (Egypt) --- Islamic Community (Egypt) --- Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Egypt) --- Bracia Muzułmanie (Egypt) --- Muslim Brothers (Egypt) --- Muslimbruderschaft (Egypt) --- جامعة الاخوان المسلمين (Egypt) --- جماعة الإخوان المسلمين (Egypt) --- جمعيات الإخوان المسلمين (مصر) --- جمعية الإخوان المسلمين --- جمعية الإخوان المسلين (Egypt ) --- جمعية الاخوان المسلمين (Egypt) --- جمعية الاخوان المسلمين، مصر --- جمعية الاخوان المسلين --- جمعية الاخوان المسلين (طگيپت) --- جمعية الاخوان المسلين (مصر) --- جمعية الٳخوان المسلمين (مصر) --- Fratelli musulmani (Egypt) --- Ikhwanul Muslimin (Egypt) --- Hermanos Musulmanes (Egypt) --- Sociedad de los Hermanos Musulmanes (Egypt) --- Ik̲h̲vānulmuslimūn (Egypt) --- اخوان المسلمون (Egypt) --- Ik̲h̲vān al-Muslimīn (Egypt) --- اخوان المسلمين (Egypt)