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The society of the Muslim Brothers: an islamist political party?; participation in a confined political system
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Abstract
The article analyzes the Society of the Muslim Brothers and its activity in Egypt, since its emergence in 1928, until the end of Muhammad Mursi's presidency, in June 2012. The study proves, by using empirical analysis of primary and secondary sources as well as quantitative analysis, that the Societ... view more
The article analyzes the Society of the Muslim Brothers and its activity in Egypt, since its emergence in 1928, until the end of Muhammad Mursi's presidency, in June 2012. The study proves, by using empirical analysis of primary and secondary sources as well as quantitative analysis, that the Society comprises the dimensions of a political party present in the existent literature. Based on the premise that the Brotherhood emerged as a religious fundamentalist mass party, gradually evolved into an electoralist catch-all party and, by taking advantage of the opportunity posed by the 2011 revolution, initiated a cartelization process, the article coins the factors that influenced the metamorphosis of the group from one party-type to another and the causes that impeded the completion of the process.... view less
Keywords
Egypt; party; Muslim; historical development; party politics
Classification
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Free Keywords
Muslim Brüder
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 425-465
Journal
Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 15 (2015) 3
ISSN
1582-4551
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works