Political Islam in a Time of Revolt

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Social Support, Power Resources and the Debate Between Pragmatism and Ideological Zeal: Vicissitudes in the Competition Between Islamist Groups for Power. This book explores the increasing political and social prominence of Islamist groups across the Middle East in recent years. The aftermath of the 2011 uprisings saw some groups access or even control political institutions through success at the ballot box, while there has also been a marked resurgence of armed Islamist groups that have had profound effects at both the national and regional level. This volume helps us to understand the nature and development of organised political Islam over recent decades in several key Arab and Mediterranean countries: Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian Territories, and Turkey. The book identifies the central social and political Islamist actors, traces their ideological differences and similarities, and analyses power relations both within and between these organizations in the context of political instability and uncertainty. It will be of interest to students and scholars across a broad range of disciplines including political science, sociology, and international relations. Political Islam in a Time of Revolt; Contents; 1 From Revolution to Moderation: The Long Road of Political Islam; Introduction; The Sociology of Power; Circular Power Relations; Linear Power Relations; Actors; The Elites; The Population; Power Resources; System Structure; The Analysis of the Political Islam; Islamism and the Population; Ideological Pragmatism and the Abandonment of Fundamentalist Postulates; Relations with Regimes; Conclusion: Political Islam and Democracy; Structure of the Book; Notes; Bibliography. 2 Political Islam in Turkey: From the Periphery to the State and Society ControlTurkey as a Case Study; Social Bases of Islamic Parties and Groups: Integrating Peripheral Groups into the System; The Nature of Islamic Actors: Origins, Parties and Brotherhoods; The Islamist Parties, Erbakan's Lineage and the AKP Party; Orders, Brotherhoods and Neo-Brotherhoods; Power Resources at the Service of Islamist Actors: Ideology and Media Control, the AKP's Main Instrument. The Nature of Power Relations Between the Systems' Major Political Actors: Explaining the Favourable Change of Status for Islamist ActorsThe Ideological Discourse: Between Liberal Islam and State Control; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; 3 Lebanon: Islamism, Communities and Spillover of the Arab Spring; Islamism in Lebanon; The Shiite Community; Hezbollah; Power Relations and Organisational Structure; Power Resources; Alliances and Power Relations; Action, Strategies and Relations with the State; Public Discourse; Sunni Islamism; Jama'a Islamiya (JI). Power Relations and Organisational StructurePower Resources; Alliances and Power Relations; Action, Strategies and Relations with the State; Public Discourse; Salafism; Power Relations and Organisational Structure; Power Resources; Alliances and Power Relations; Action, Strategies and Relations with the State; Public Discourse; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; 4 Understanding the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria; Introduction; Islamist Grassroots: The Traditional Petty Bourgeoisie; Islamist Ideology: An Insufficient Resource; Variable Action Dynamics. Pragmatics in the Relationship with the RegimeClosing the Gap with Syria's Opposition Parties from 2000 to 2011; Civil State, Minorities and Democracy; Secular State vs. Civil State in a Democratic System; Arab-Islamic Identity and the Minorities; Social Values: A Recurrent Topic; Foreign Policy; The Syrian Uprising and the Low Impact of the Brotherhood; Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; 5 Between Pragmatism and Ideological Zeal: The Path of Palestinian Political Islam; Between Pragmatism and Ideological Zeal: The Path of Palestinian Political Islam.

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Political Islam in a Time of Revolt. (2017). Political Islam in a Time of Revolt. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52833-5

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