Political Islam Inside-Out

This book analyses the evolution of key Islamist movements and parties in Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco. It offers a novel and exhaustive study of the evolution of Islamists as shaped by the interplay of domestic, regional and international factors.

Autorentext

Giulia Cimini is Junior Assistant Professor in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the University of Bologna and a Gerda Henkel Research Fellow. Her research focuses on Maghrebi political parties, dynamics of contention, and security assistance. Her latest works have appeared in the Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, Contemporary Politics, and The Journal of North African Studies.

Beatriz Tomé-Alonso is Lecturer in International Relations at the National Distance Education University (UNED) and Associate Research Fellow at the GRESAM (Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha). Her research focuses on Islamist movements in the Maghreb, especially Morocco, and the interlink between international, regional and domestic arenas. She has published in The Journal of North African Studies, Contemporary Politics and International Studies Perspectives among others.

Inhalt

Foreword Introduction - Rethinking Islamist politics in North Africa: a multi- level analysis of domestic, regional and international dynamics 1. The interplay of regional and domestic politics in Egypt: the case of Salafism 2. Learning mechanisms within an Islamist party: Tunisia's Ennahda Movement between domestic and regional balances 3. What does the PJD learn from the outside? International factors and Islamist politics in Morocco 4. Between national and international interests: Morocco's Al- Adl wa- l- Ihsane from an international perspective