Middle East Studies After 9/11: Islamists and the Politics of Consensus

Brumberg, Daniel

doi:10.1353/jod.2002.0039

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“…Attempting to understand the exact political nature of Islamist groups without taking into account their surrounding institutional environments does not usefully help us understand how they might operate in democratic political systems. 27 Instead, we have highlighted how internal actors in the MENA have read the EU's efforts at promoting its particular model of liberal democracy and how they, in turn, have attempted to respond to the EU. We have also attempted to highlight how marginal groups, including Islamist movements in the MENA, are characterized by their own agency and are not merely subject to EU programmes and policies.…”

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The EU's democratization agenda in the Mediterranean: a critical inside-out approach

2009

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The EU's democratization agenda in the Mediterranean: a critical inside-out approach

2009

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“…In addition, the presence of Islamism within civil society should not a priori determine its inherent authoritarian nature because, as shown elsewhere, associations and movements cannot simply be labelled authoritarian without examining the context within which they operate, which inevitably constrains their actions and modifies beliefs. 16 John Entelis argues convincingly that 'without a well developed civil society, it is difficult, if not impossible, to have an atmosphere supportive of democracy.' 17 In addition, empirical evidence seems to demonstrate that a weakening of civil society's vibrancy leads to a weakening of trust and interest for democratic engagement even in established democracies such as the United States.…”

Section: Civil Society Democratisation and The Mena Regionmentioning

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Political Opposition in Civil Society: An Analysis of the Interactions of Secular and Religious Associations in Algeria and Jordan

Cavatorta¹,

Elananza²

2008

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The lack of effective of political parties is one of the dominant characteristics of modern Arab polities. The role of opposition to the authoritarian regimes is therefore left to a number of civil society organisations. This study examines the interactions among such groups in the context of the traditional transition paradigm and analyses specifically how religious and secular organisations operate and interact. The empirical evidence shows that such groups, far from attempting any serious coalition building to make common democratising demands on the regime, have a competitive relationship due to their ideological differences and conflicting policy preferences. This strengthens authoritarian rule even in the absence of popular legitimacy. The study focuses its attention on Algeria and Jordan.3

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“…Daniel Brumberg emphasises, as an example, that 'while Lebanon's Hezbollah is not, philosophically speaking, a champion of pluralism, in practice its leaders do not favour and cannot favour the imposition of an Islamic state'. 32 First and foremost, Islam does not prescribe any particular regime or political system and the religion can be used to legitimise a wide range of diverging political systems. Thus, there is no reason why Islam cannot be re-interpreted and used to sustain democratic procedures.…”

Section: Islamism Political Learning and Democracymentioning

confidence: 99%

The ‘War on Terrorism’—Perspectives from Radical Islamic Groups

Cavatorta¹

2005

Irish Studies in International Affairs

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Contrary to both popular and academic belief, the 'War on Terrorism' launched by the United States has one very clear enemy: radical Islamism. The varied and complex world of Islamism has been reduced to one unitary enemy, and that enemy is being fought both militarily and ideologically. This paper analyses the impact that the War on Terrorism is having on its target and contends that the 'simplification' of the concept of radical Islamism by the US administration, while beneficial for the purely practical purposes of war, is very much detrimental to the understanding of such a phenomenon and leads to policy choices that deepen the fault lines between Islamists and the West. The paper concludes by arguing that the current War on Terrorism is running the risk of causing a 'return' of the jihadi Islamist ideology that had been comprehensively defeated within the vast Islamist world and that has been replaced by a much more pragmatic and much more peaceful approach to gaining political inclusion.

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Middle East Studies After 9/11: Islamists and the Politics of Consensus

Cited by 28 publications

References 6 publications

The EU's democratization agenda in the Mediterranean: a critical inside-out approach

The EU's democratization agenda in the Mediterranean: a critical inside-out approach

Political Opposition in Civil Society: An Analysis of the Interactions of Secular and Religious Associations in Algeria and Jordan

The ‘War on Terrorism’—Perspectives from Radical Islamic Groups

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