Authoritarian Governance & the Provision of Public Goods: Drinking Water & Wastewater Services in Egypt

• In Event: Human Security and Social Justice in the MENA

Brief Overview

The paper uses legitimacy and co-optation to explain variation in the distribution of water and wastewater services in Egypt. It tests the argument that the regime provides services to opposition areas to co-opt them and maintain legitimacy.

Author

• Farah F. Hegazi, Duke University