Institutional Origins of Islamist Political Mobilization

This book explores why Islam becomes politicized in some countries and not in others, comparing diverse cases including Turkey, Algeria, and Senegal.

List of contents

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.

About the author

Quinn Mecham is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Brigham Young University, Utah. His research focuses on political Islam, identity politics, civil conflict, electoral behavior, and democratic development. He is co-editor (with Julie Chernov Hwang) of Islamist Parties and the Normalization of Muslim Politics (2014) and is the author of numerous scholarly articles focusing on topics including opposition in authoritarian regimes, Islamist electoral behaviour, and protest movements. He has taught at Middlebury College, Vermont and George Washington University, Washington DC. He was an Academy Scholar at Harvard University, Massachusetts and served as Franklin Fellow on the policy planning staff of the US Department of State.

Summary

This book is a comprehensive overview of why Islam becomes politicized in some places and not in others. It is designed for all students and scholars of political Islam, especially those focusing on the Middle East and Africa. It examines cases of protest, voting, and violence from 1970 to the present.

Product details

• Authors: Quinn Mecham, Quinn (Brigham Young University Mecham, R. Quinn Mecham, Mecham Quinn
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.02.2017
• EAN: 9781107041912
• ISBN: 978-1-107-04191-2
• No. of pages: 276
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Islamic Studies, Religion & politics, Comparative Politics, Religion and Politics, Human rights, civil rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities