أزمة الديموقراطية و أثرها في الصراع على السلطة في مصر 1954-1971

الملخص EN

The research addresses the issue of the democracy crisis in Egypt and the impact on the political conflict over power.

The political crises occurred because of the absence of the collective leadership and the attempt of the liquidation of the political opponents on an undemocratic basis ,in addition to Jamal Abdul Nasser's unilateral decision that were made without consultation or comprehension of the heavy consequences on.one of those crises was that of march 1954 which was described as a conflict over democracy .this conflict divided the Egyptian revolutionary command council into two groups .the first group was calling for the establishment of the democratic governance and the return of the army to military units .the second group was calling for the existence of the army in power .when the crisis ended in favor of the second group ,Egypt witnessed an era of the unilateral political decision and the absence of the democratic life.at the long term ,this issue led to many negative results in addition to the political and military mistakes that divided the Egyptian command and intensified the conflict over power between the political leadership which was presided by Jamal Abdul Nasser and the military command which was presided by Abdul hakim Amer (commander of the armed forces).the conflict was ended in favor of Jamal in 1967.after the death of Jamal in 1970,anwar al-Sadat took the rein of the government and the conflict over power erupted again between Anwar al-Sadat and the leadership of the Arab socialist union .

both sides claimed to be the defenders of democracy .al-Sadat resolved the conflict in his favor when gained the support of the armed forces.