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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462158603321

Autore

Brown Nathan J

Titolo

Between religion and politics [[electronic resource] /] / Nathan J. Brown and Amr Hamzawy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, : United States Institute of Peace, c2010

ISBN

1-283-94813-3

0-87003-297-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HamzawyAmr

Disciplina

324.20917/67

324.2091767

Soggetti

Islam and politics - Middle East

Islam and politics - Islamic countries

Islamic fundamentalism - Middle East

Muslims - Political activity - Middle East

Political participation - Middle East

Electronic books.

Middle East Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Islamists in Arab parliaments -- The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood : Islamist participation in a closing political environment -- Jordan and its Islamic movement : the limits of inclusion? -- Party for Justice and Development in Morocco : participation and its discontents -- Pushing toward party politics? : Kuwait's Islamic constitutional movement -- Between government and opposition : the case of the Yemeni Congregation for Reform -- Hamas : battling to blend religion, politics, resistance, and governance.

Sommario/riassunto

In recent decades, Islamist political movements in many Arab countries have strategically invested in a political process that was stacked heavily against them. And, to the surprise of many, they have actually succeeded by gaining more seats in parliaments and demonstrating their position as the only opposition movements with a popular base. Between Religion and Politics is a broad, cross-national study of



Islamist parties in Arab parliamentary elections. The book focuses on those movements that have cast themselves, at least in part, as electorally oriented political parties. It pro