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Islamic Activism.

This volume represents the first comprehensive attempt to incorporate the study of Islamic activism into social movement theory. It argues that the dynamics, processes, and organization of Islamic activism can be understood as important elements of contention that transcend the specificity of "...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wiktorowicz, Quintan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2003.
Colección:Indiana series in Middle East studies.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword; Introduction: Islamic Activism andSocial Movement Theory; One: From Marginalization to Massacres:A Political Process Explanation of GIAViolence in Algeria; Two: Violence as Contention in theEgyptian Islamic Movement; Three: Repertoires of Contention inContemporary Bahrain; Four: Hamas as Social Movement; Five: The Networked World of IslamistSocial Movements; Six: Islamist Women in Yemen:Informal Nodes of Activism; Seven: Collective Action with andwithout Islam: Mobilizing the Bazaarin Iran.
  • Eight: The Islah Party in Yemen: Political Opportunities and Coalition Building in a Transitional PolityNine: Interests, Ideas, and IslamistOutreach in Egypt; Ten: Making Conversation Permissible:Islamism and Reform in Saudi Arabia; Eleven: Opportunity Spaces, Identity, and Islamic Meaning in Turkey270; Conclusion: Social Movement Theoryand Islamic Studies; Contributors; Index.