The Muslim Brotherhood and the perception of democracy / [Eric Leckie].

Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-104).

Publication Based on the author's thesis submitted to the Naval Postgraduate School, December 2012--Institutional Archive of the Naval Postgraduate School.

The author assesses the Muslim Brotherhood's prospects to facilitate a democratic transition within Egypt. Numerous studies have examined the Muslim Brotherhood's political ideology as a means to objectively assess its consistency with democracy. However, to date there has been no comparative subjective study to assess the Muslim Brotherhood's capacity to facilitate democracy within Egypt. This thesis will attempt to fill that gap by subjectively measuring the Muslim Brotherhood's democratic intentions as perceived by other important actors within the Egyptian polity since the 2012 Egyptian Presidential Election. Political stakeholders' perceptions of the Muslim Brotherhood's democratic capacity and intent are critically important in assessing the likelihood of Egypt's transition to democracy.

Democratic transition -- Objective analysis-the Muslim Brotherhood in the context of democratic capacity -- Subjective analysis-Muslim Brotherhood's democratic intentions as perceived by the Egyptian polity since the 2012 presidential election.