Islamist Movements During the Tunisian Transition and Syrian Crisis: The Power of Practices

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Teije H. Donker

Islamist Movements During the Tunisian Transition and Syrian Crisis

The Power of Practices

Teije H. Donker

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English

Edinburgh University Press
01 February 2024

Middle Eastern history; Islam; Islamic studies; Comparative politics

Series: Edinburgh Studies of the Globalised Muslim World

Islamism haunted post-2011 movements for democratisation in the Arab world. Political liberalisations opened space for Islamist movements

from the Muslim Brotherhood and Salafist to Jihadists and the Islamic State

and seemed to threaten the liberal character of reforms. Going against this popular perception of Islamism as defined by an illiberal ideology, this book provides a ground breaking analysis of the concrete practices of Islamist movements to assess their impact on post-2011 activism. It traces the establishment of Islamic schools, charity organisations, courts and political parties; articulations of Islamic collective identities, enforcement of public norms and provision of public services during the Tunisian transition and the Syrian crisis (2011-2021). Teije H. Donker argues that Islamists are caught in an enduring struggle to define their own impact by rendering religion distinct among the practices that make up social and political conflict. This results in a phenomenon that defies easy categorisations and morphs with social and political developments in the region.

By: Teije H. Donker
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 594g
ISBN: 9781399506182
ISBN 10: 1399506188
Series: Edinburgh Studies of the Globalised Muslim World
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 01 February 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Teije H. Donker is a by-fellow at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. As a political sociologist, his work stands at the intersection of social movement studies and Middle East area studies. He received his Ph.D from the European University Institute, had a postdoctorate at the department of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen, Norway, and a three year lecturership at the department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge. He is a co-author of Social Movements and Civil War: When Protests for Democratization Fail (Routledge, 2017).

Reviews for Islamist Movements During the Tunisian Transition and Syrian Crisis: The Power of Practices

Based upon an extremely rich empirical analysis of the Tunisian transition to democracy and the Syrian crisis, this volume provides a fundamental contribution to our understanding of Islamist movements. For social movement scholars, the conceptualisation and investigation of contentious practices represents an important theoretical innovation. --Donatella della Porta, Scuola Normale Superiore