Berger, LG (2012) Guns, Butter, and Human Rights: The Congressional Politics of U.S. Aid to Egypt. American Politics Research, 40 (4). 603 - 635. ISSN 1532-673X
Abstract
In February 2011, the dramatic ouster of Hosni Mubarak threw into the spotlight the U.S. policy of granting generous and unconditional aid to the Egyptian regime at a time when the strategic rationale for such aid had become less obvious and calls for inserting human rights considerations into foreign aid allocations more prominent. Focusing on an unprecedented set of roll call votes taken in the U.S. House of Representatives during the years 2004 to 2007, this article offers the first quantitative assessment of the determinants of Congressional support for U.S. economic and military aid for Egypt. It challenges conventional wisdom on the limited role of campaign contributions in Congressional decision making by highlighting the central role of defense lobby contributions in maintaining the Congressional coalition that shielded Egypt's prerevolutionary regime from increased U.S. pressure in the years leading up to its eventual demise.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2012, SAGE Publications. This is an author produced version of a paper published in American Politics Research. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Egypt; Contributions (Donations); Coalitions; Legislative Bodies; Voting Behavior; Foreign Aid; Human Rights; Roll Call; Armed Forces; Defense lobby; Arab and Muslim Americans |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 13 Sep 2013 10:36 |
Last Modified: | 21 Jan 2018 22:03 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1532673X11433767 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1532673X11433767 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:76383 |