Egyptens moderna Farao. En fallstudie över det nasseristiska ledarskapet i Egypten 1952-1970.

Gamal Abdul Nasser was one of the 20th century’s most influential leaders in the Middle East. This Bachelor thesis is analysing the political leadership in Egypt during Nasser’s rule between the years 1952-1970. It is analysing the Arab socialist view on the political leadership and also discussing what kind of leader Gamal Abdul Nasser was. The leadership theories of Max Weber are being used as a tool to answer the questions at issue. Another theory being used is written by the American professor in political science Richard H. Dekmejian. He has constructed a development scheme concerning how a charismatic authority arises in a state. A qualitative method and literature study are being used to answer the questions at issue. The results show that Nasser was a charismatic leader that created the ideology of Arab socialism. Although the Arab socialist ideology says that the leadership is supposed to be democratic and legal, Nasser was an authorial and charismatic leader. In spite of this Nasser kept the large support from the Arabic masses. Antal ord: 954