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Winning Hearts and Votes Social Services and the Islamist Political Advantage / Steven Brooke.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brooke, Steven, 1980- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jamʻīyat al-Ikhwān al-Muslimīn (Egypt).
- Social service--Political aspects--Egypt.
- Social service.
- Faith-based human services--Political aspects--Egypt.
- Faith-based human services.
- Islam and politics--Egypt.
- Islam and politics.
- Egypt--Politics and government--21st century.
- Egypt.
- Egypt--Politics and government--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (230 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Manufacture:
- Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Based on an investigation of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, the author shows how social services drive electoral support by affiliating the provider organization with the politically valuable traits of competence, compassion, and honesty"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Middle class provision, reputation, and political mobilization
- Al-Sadat's gambit, the Brotherhood's lifeline
- Inside the Islamist advantage
- The political geography of Islamist social service provision
- Reputation in action
- Mohammed Morsi's machine.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781501730634
- 1501730630
- OCLC:
- 1041568260
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