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Islamic activism : a social movement theory approach / edited by Quintan Wiktorowicz.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Indiana series in Middle East studies.
- Indiana series in Middle East studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social movements--Arab countries.
- Social movements.
- Social movements--Middle East.
- Islam and politics--Arab countries.
- Islam and politics.
- Islam and politics--Middle East.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- ""... [Will] have an impact on two important fields of scholarship: social movement theory and the study of Islamic activist movements."" -- John Voll, Georgetown UniversityThis 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 ""Islam"" as a system of meaning
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-253-11076-9
- OCLC:
- 171291067
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