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Record Nr.

UNINA9910369911503321

Autore

Zhang Chuchu

Titolo

Islamist Party Mobilization [[electronic resource] ] : Tunisia’s Ennahda and Algeria’s HMS Compared, 1989–2014 / / by Chuchu Zhang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

981-13-9487-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 289 p. 5 illus., 1 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

320.956

Soggetti

Middle East—Politics and government

Middle East—Economic conditions

Finance, Public—Islamic countries

Middle Eastern Politics

Middle Eastern and North African Economics

Islamic Finance

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Theorizing Islamist Parties’ Mobilization at the Polls -- 3. Historical Background -- 4. First Trial at the Polls -- 5. Drastic Changes -- 6. Co-optation or Resistance? -- 7. Entering the 2010s -- 8. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book aims to explore how Islamist parties mobilize debates, discourses, and environments in electoral authoritarian systems. Interrelating three theoretical schools, Electoral Authoritarianism Theory, Protest Voting Theory, and Political Process Theory, it adopts and expands on a demand-and-supply framework to approach the subject in a novel way, and adapts them to address North Africa, a region in which such theoretical scholarship has until now not been conducted. In-depth case studies focus on two Islamist parties in North Africa, Tunisia’s Ennahda and Algeria’s HMS, both of which adopted the Muslim Brotherhood model, had charismatic leaders, and were active in the political scene from 1989-2014, the period between their first electoral trial and their electoral participation after taking part in governance. The chapters proceed chronologically, providing a



historical treatment of the evolution of Ennahda and the HMS since their inception and addressing their development in two and a half decades. Chuchu Zhang is an Associate Professor at the School of International Relations and Public Affairs, Fudan University, China. She received her PhD in Politics and International Studies from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. Her research interests are in Middle Eastern politics, terrorism, and China-Middle East relations. .