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Islamist Movements During the Tunisian Transition and Syrian Crisis - (Edinburgh Studies of the Globalised Muslim World) by Teije H Donker
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- Provides a ground breaking analysis of the concrete practices of Islamist movements to assess their impact on post-2011 activism.
- About the Author: Teije H. Donker is a by-fellow at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge.
- 296 Pages
- Religion + Beliefs, Religion, Politics & State
- Series Name: Edinburgh Studies of the Globalised Muslim World
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Provides a ground breaking analysis of the concrete practices of Islamist movements to assess their impact on post-2011 activism.Book Synopsis
Provides a ground breaking analysis of the concrete practices of Islamist movements to assess their impact on post-2011 activism.Review Quotes
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 SuperioreAbout the Author
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).