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Book SynopsisA broad survey and analysis of Islamic activist movements throughout the Muslim world
Trade ReviewThe book's brilliant thesis is that the Western authors need a social movement theory-paradigm to reveal the dynamics of the ongoing political and cultural movements in the Muslim world. . . . the book is a very good contribution to Islamism.July 2004
-- M. A. Khan * Emory University *
Table of ContentsPreliminary Table of Contents:
Foreword Charles Tilly
Introduction: Islamic Activism and Social Movement Theory Quintan Wiktorowicz
Part I. Violence and Contention
1. From Marginalization to Massacres: A Political Process Explanation of GIA Violence in Algeria Mohammed M. Hafez
2. Violence as Contention in the Egyptian Islamic Movement Mohammed M. Hafez and Quintan Wiktorowicz
3. Repertoires of Contention in Contemporary Bahrain Fred H. Lawson
4. Hamas as Social Movement Glenn E. Robinson
Part II. Networks and Alliances
5. The Networked World of Islamist Social Movements Diane Singerman
6. Islamist Women in Yemen: Informal Nodes of Activism Janine A. Clark
7. Collective Action with and without Islam: Mobilizing the Bazaar in Iran Benjamin Smith
8. The Islah Party in Yemen: Political Opportunities and Coalition Building in a Transitional Polity Jillian Schwedler
Part III. Culture and Frames
9. Interests, Ideas, and Islamist Outreach in Egypt Carrie Rosevsky Wickham
10. Making Conversation Permissible: Islamism and Reform in Saudi Arabia Gwenn Okruhlik
11. Opportunity Spaces, Identity, and Islamic Meaning in Turkey M. Hakan Yavuz
Conclusion: Social Movement Theory and Islamic Studies Charles Kurzman
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