the story of the party of God : from revolution to institutionalization /
Eitan Azani.
Basingstoke :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2011.
xi, 305 p. ;
23 cm.
Middle East in focus
Originally published: 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Social protest movements: theoretical framework -- Development of social movements in Muslim society: the phenomenon and its characteristics -- The Shiite Community in Lebanon and the background for Hezbollah's emergence -- Expansion and institutionalization of the movement: constraints and adaptation -- Political institutionalization and public discourse: adaptation and legitimization -- Hezbollah as a player in the Lebanese political arena: mutual influences -- Hezbollah as a regional player -- Hezbollah as a player in the international arena -- Hezbollah between the IDF's withdrawal from Lebanon in May 2000 and the Second Lebanon War in July 2006 -- Summary and conclusions.