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Master Title

(Political Trust between The citizen and Government: A Case Study of Egypt during the Period (July 2004 - July 2009

Master Abstract

During the past few years, the Egyptian society has witnessed collective protests such as strikes sit-ins and other acts that represent weakness of political trust between the citizen and the government. The absence of feelings of confidence did not exist only at the level of government institutions and officials, but has also extended to the level of political groups like political parties and civil society organizations. Based on this and in the light of current developments and the multiplicity of needs and limited resources The Egyptian government attempt to improve its performance in order to build political trust. In this context, this study aim to examine and analyze the levels of political trust between the Egyptians and the government, focusing on the government of Dr. Ahmed Nazif during the period (July 2004 - July 2009). The study came up to the following results: 1. Erosion of political trust in the government due to the low level of government performance, and the failure of state policies to meet the political needs and problems. 2. The government, under study, spoke falsely of internal and external achievements, as stated in the booklet issued under the title "the government's performance in 5 years (2004-2009), when as but reports of local and international agencies emphasized the low performance of government. 3. The low level of political trust in government institutions in terms of ministries - except for the Ministry of Defense - as well as regulatory bodies, and the People's Assembly. 4. Low level of political trust in public policies has been related to domestic affairs, the government's failure to rationalize public spending, the poorness of tax and customs reform, failure to achieve more balanced growth among the provinces, in addition to failure of policies concerning to wage increase.

PHD Title

Factors Affecting Political Trust in Parties in Emerging Democracies

PHD Abstract

This thesis is one of the researches that study the moral aspects of the political process and the ethical dimension of political systems. It explores the factors affecting building political trust in parties in emerging democracies using the approaches of the political process and culture. The importance of this research stems from a number of considerations. First, the scarcity of the Arabic literature on this subject. Despite the spread of this term “political trust” researches and studies published in English as clear in the Literature Review, there is no parallel interest in this term in the part of Arab and Egyptian researchers. Reviewing the MA and Ph. D. theses that have been defended in the Faculty of Economics and Political Science over a decade (2000-2011), it became clear that there are no theses discussing this term, except the 2011 MA thesis where the researcher tackled the value of the political trust between the citizen and the government with emphasis on the Egyptian case study between July 2004 and July 2009. Moreover, modern writings on cultural analysis of comparative political systems do not refer to this term. The term that is mostly in vogue in “social capital” which is close political trust. Second, bearing in mind the importance of political parties as an essential player in the democratic process, especially in transitional phases, this study helps to define the factors that influence the consistency or change of citizens’ attitudes toward the system. Therefore, the topic of this research can be helpful for political players in developing parties’ performance, efficiency, and trust in consolidated democracies. It is also helpful in defining the factors of building this trust, especially at the early stages of emerging democracies. 245 / Abstract That thesis is divided into an introduction, three chapters, and a conclusion. The first presents the theoretical framework shedding light on the term “political trust” (in the first section), and the “political trust in parties” and factors helping building it in emerging democracies (in the second section). The thesis moves focus from theory to analyzing practical issues through describing the cases of political trust among parties in old-established democracies in Chapter Two, exploring its specific features in the third section, as well as analyzing their experiences and strategies in rebuilding this trust in the fourth section. Chapter Three presents the cases of this political trust in emerging democracies, the examples of parties’ disability to establish it in the fifth section, and the reasons of this disability in the sixth section.