
Popular Protest in the New Middle East
Islamism and Post-Islamist Politics
I.B. Tauris (Publisher)
Published on 16. December 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-78453-689-3 (ISBN)
Description
In the wake of the protests that spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa in late 2010 and early 2011, Islamist movements of varying political persuasions have risen to prominence. This is especially the case in post-Mubarak Egypt and post-Ben Ali Tunisia. Popular Protest in the New Middle East examines Islamist approaches to political participation and integration and asks whether regional trends can be discerned with respect to either the strategy of disparate movements or the challenges they face. It offers an analysis of the ideologies and actions of these movements, ranging from countries where Islamism is in control of the state as an Islamic theocracy (Iran), the ruling party (for example, Turkey), part of the ruling coalition (Lebanon), or a parliamentary minority (such as in Jordan or Yemen). Are Knudsen and Basem Ezbidi's analysis of the various experiences of protest, participation, and integration make this book vital for researchers of the impact of religion on politics (and, indeed vice versa).
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
319 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78453-689-3 (9781784536893)
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Islamism and Post-Islamist Politics
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Persons
Are Knudsen is senior researcher at the Christian Michelsen Institute (CMI) in Bergen, Norway and holds a PhD. in social anthropology from the University of Bergen. He is scientific coordinator for CMI s research collaboration with the Palestinian Institute for the Study of Democracy (Muwatin), and is the author of Violence and Belonging: Land, Love and Lethal Conflict in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan (2010). Basem Ezbidi teaches at the Department of Political Science at Birzeit University. He is the author of The Palestinian Political Culture (2003) and Hamas and Governance: Is Hamas Getting into the System or Rebelling Against It? (2010)."
Content
Foreword: Arab Revolts in Post-Islamist Times. Asef Bayat
Chapter 1: Introduction. Are Knudsen
Chapter 2: Islamism in Tunisia before and after the Arab Spring. Rikke Hostrup Haugbolle and Francesco Cavatorta
Chapter 3: The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood: Ready for Revolution? Issandr El Amrani
Chapter 4: Yemen's Islamists: Between Government and Opposition in the Post-Saleh Order. Vincent Durac
Chapter 5: The Secular Uprising and the Possible Resurgence of Post-Islamism. Lina Khatib and Rob Stewart
Chapter 6: Democracy as a Minor Necessity in Hamas's Narrative. Karim Knio
Chapter 7: The Melding of Islam and Secularism: the Headscarf Ban in Turkey. Yildiz Atasoy
Postscript. Basem Ezbidi
Chapter 1: Introduction. Are Knudsen
Chapter 2: Islamism in Tunisia before and after the Arab Spring. Rikke Hostrup Haugbolle and Francesco Cavatorta
Chapter 3: The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood: Ready for Revolution? Issandr El Amrani
Chapter 4: Yemen's Islamists: Between Government and Opposition in the Post-Saleh Order. Vincent Durac
Chapter 5: The Secular Uprising and the Possible Resurgence of Post-Islamism. Lina Khatib and Rob Stewart
Chapter 6: Democracy as a Minor Necessity in Hamas's Narrative. Karim Knio
Chapter 7: The Melding of Islam and Secularism: the Headscarf Ban in Turkey. Yildiz Atasoy
Postscript. Basem Ezbidi