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The politics of religious party change : Islamist and Catholic parties in comparative perspective /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yildirim, A. Kadir (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Series:Cambridge studies in social theory, religion, and politics.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Political activity > Europe, Western.
Political parties > Middle East.
Political parties > Europe, Western.
Islam and politics > Middle East.
Party affiliation > Middle East.
Party affiliation > Europe, Western.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Half-title page
  • Series page
  • Title page
  • Copyright page
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • What are Anti-system Parties?
  • Contributions and Significance
  • Methods and Data
  • Cases
  • Organization
  • 1 Explaining Religious Party Change
  • An Institutional Theory of Religious Party Change
  • Religious Institutions
  • Main Actors
  • Catholic Parties Versus Islamist Parties
  • 2 Catholic and Islamic Religious Institutions
  • Hierarchical Organization in the Catholic Church
  • Decentralized and Nonhierarchical Structure of Religious Authority in Sunni Islam
  • The Break and the New Equilibrium
  • Criticism of the Ulama
  • Invoking Islamic Concepts
  • Ijtihad
  • Fatwa
  • A New Public
  • Ulama's Response
  • Conclusion
  • 3 Anticlericalism, Religious Revival, and the Rise of Religious Political Identities
  • Political Identity Formation
  • Waves of Anticlerical and Anti-Ulama Attacks
  • Religious Revivalism
  • 4 The Origins of Religiopolitical Identity
  • The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood
  • The Origins of the Movement
  • Creating the Brotherhood Brand
  • Early Years of the Brotherhood
  • Political Activism and Growing Tensions
  • Tunisian Ennahdha Movement
  • The National Outlook Movement of Turkey
  • The Rise of the National Outlook Movement
  • The Early Years: Party-Movement Relationship
  • The Welfare Party
  • Center Party in Germany
  • Rise of the Catholic Mass Movement
  • Brewing Intra-Catholic Conflict
  • Popular Party in Italy
  • The Rise of Catholic Action
  • Catholic Political Activism
  • Catholic Party of Belgium
  • Anticlericalism in Belgium
  • The Rise of the Catholic Mass Movement
  • 5 Intraparty Conflict
  • The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
  • The 2011 Revolution and the Nonevolution of the Brotherhood
  • Ennahdha Movement in Tunisia
  • Specialization Policy
  • Comprehensive Approach to Religiopolitical Activism
  • The Need for Organizational Reform
  • Specialization Policy and Ennahdha's Future
  • The Justice and Development Party in Turkey
  • The AKP and Religious Discourse
  • The Rise of the Center Party
  • The Formation of PPI and the Catholic Church's Response in Italy
  • The Rise of the Catholic Party in Belgium
  • Conclusion: Looking Ahead
  • The Challenge of Islamist Organizational Reform