03994nam 2200673Ia 450 991046179910332120210901182002.00-8014-7772-70-8014-6436-60-8014-6389-010.7591/9780801463891(CKB)2670000000186892(OCoLC)785782377(CaPaEBR)ebrary10533662(SSID)ssj0000613138(PQKBManifestationID)11388021(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000613138(PQKBWorkID)10583970(PQKB)11296131(MiAaPQ)EBC3138300(DE-B1597)533796(DE-B1597)9780801463891(MdBmJHUP)muse58399(Au-PeEL)EBL3138300(CaPaEBR)ebr10533662(CaONFJC)MIL681775(EXLCZ)99267000000018689220110902d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWhen victory is not an option[electronic resource] Islamist movements in Arab politics /Nathan J. BrownIthaca Cornell University Press20121 online resource (273 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-322-50493-8 0-8014-5036-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Partially political movements in semiauthoritarian systems -- Running to lose? : elections, authoritarianism, and Islamist movements -- Beyond analogy mongering : ideological movements and the debate over the primacy of politics -- The model and the mother movement -- The model in practice in four semiauthoritarian settings -- Can Islamists party? : political participation and organizational change -- Ideological change : flirtation and commitment -- Arab politics and societies as they might be -- Islamist parties and Arab political systems as they are.Throughout the Arab world, Islamist political movements are joining the electoral process. This change alarms some observers and excites other. In recent years, electoral opportunities have opened, and Islamist movements have seized them. But those opportunities, while real, have also been sharply circumscribed. Elections may be freer, but they are not fair. The opposition can run but it generally cannot win. Semiauthoritarian conditions prevail in much of the Arab world, even in the wake of the Arab Spring. How do Islamist movements change when they plunge into freer but unfair elections? How do their organizations (such as the Muslim Brotherhood) and structures evolve? What happens to their core ideological principles? And how might their increased involvement affect the political system?In When Victory Is Not an Option, Nathan J. Brown addresses these questions by focusing on Islamist movements in Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, and Palestine. He shows that uncertain benefits lead to uncertain changes. Islamists do adapt their organizations and their ideologies do bend-some. But leaders almost always preserve a line of retreat in case the political opening fizzles or fails to deliver what they wish. The result is a cat-and-mouse game between dominant regimes and wily movements. There are possibilities for more significant changes, but to date they remain only possibilities.Islam and politicsArab countriesPolitical partiesArab countriesIslamic fundamentalismArab countriesArab countriesPolitics and government1945-Electronic books.Islam and politicsPolitical partiesIslamic fundamentalism320.5/57Brown Nathan J661390MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461799103321When victory is not an option2491215UNINA