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- Sheds new conceptual and empirical light on why some Islamists have been able to nimbly traverse political challenges while others have failed
- Elucidates the evolving theological and socio-political perspectives of Muslim-based political parties and ‘progressive’ intellectuals
- Investigates the approaches that political parties and movements employ to navigate and negotiate coalition politics, citizenship rights and economic and social justice through several case studies of Muslim countries
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Middle East Today (MIET)
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John L. Esposito is University Professor, Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies and Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University, USA.
Lily Zubaidah Rahim is Associate Professor in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, Australia.
Naser Ghobadzadeh is Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Justice at the Australian Catholic University in Sidney, Australia.
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Book Title: The Politics of Islamism
Book Subtitle: Diverging Visions and Trajectories
Editors: John L. Esposito, Lily Zubaidah Rahim, Naser Ghobadzadeh
Series Title: Middle East Today
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62256-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-62255-2Published: 20 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-87272-8Published: 31 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-62256-9Published: 09 November 2017
Series ISSN: 2945-7017
Series E-ISSN: 2945-7025
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 292
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Politics and Religion, Middle Eastern Politics, International Relations Theory, Democracy, Governance and Government, Islam