Institutional Origins of Islamist Political Mobilization
Cambridge University Press, 2/9/2017
EAN 9781107615106, ISBN10: 1107615100
Paperback, 282 pages, 22.8 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
Language: English
Muslim countries experience wide variation in levels of Islamist political mobilization, including such political activities as protest, voting, and violence. Institutional Origins of Islamist Political Mobilization provides a theory of the institutional origins of Islamist politics, focusing on the development of religious common knowledge, religious entrepreneurship, and coordinating focal points as critical to the success of Islamist activism. Examining Islamist politics in more than 50 countries over four decades, the book illustrates that Islamist political activism varies a great deal, appearing in specific types of institutional contexts. Detailed case studies of Turkey, Algeria, and Senegal demonstrate how diverse contexts yield different types of Islamist politics across the Muslim world.
Introduction
1. Islam and political mobilization
2. From the sacred to the state
a theory of Islamist mobilization
3. A political geography of the sacred
variation in Islamist political mobilization across space and time
4. Explaining low Islamist mobilization
Muslims and politics in Senegal
5. Voting for welfare and virtue
Islamist electoral mobilization in Turkey
6. When Islam defines politics
from voting to violence in Algeria
7. Conclusion
Epilogue
References.