LEADER 03960nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910790263803321 005 20210901182002.0 010 $a0-8014-7772-7 010 $a0-8014-6436-6 010 $a0-8014-6389-0 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801463891 035 $a(CKB)2670000000186892 035 $a(OCoLC)785782377 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10533662 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000613138 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11388021 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000613138 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10583970 035 $a(PQKB)11296131 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138300 035 $a(DE-B1597)533796 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801463891 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse58399 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138300 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10533662 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681775 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000186892 100 $a20110902d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aWhen victory is not an option$b[electronic resource] $eIslamist movements in Arab politics /$fNathan J. Brown 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (273 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-50493-8 311 $a0-8014-5036-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPartially 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. 330 $aThroughout 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. 606 $aIslam and politics$zArab countries 606 $aPolitical parties$zArab countries 606 $aIslamic fundamentalism$zArab countries 607 $aArab countries$xPolitics and government$y1945- 615 0$aIslam and politics 615 0$aPolitical parties 615 0$aIslamic fundamentalism 676 $a320.5/57 700 $aBrown$b Nathan J$0661390 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790263803321 996 $aWhen victory is not an option$93830453 997 $aUNINA