عنوان

Varieties of Islamism: Differences in political party ideology in democracies

Number

TL49040

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Varieties of Islamism: Differences in political party ideology in democracies

General Material Designation

[Thesis]

First Statement of Responsibility

Roman Nikolaev

Subsequent Statement of Responsibility

Kurzer, Paulette

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

The University of Arizona

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2016

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

230

Text of Note

Committee members: Cyr, Jennifer; Ghosn, Faten

Text of Note

Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-369-17937-8

Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree

Ph.D.

Discipline of degree

Political Science

Body granting the degree

The University of Arizona

Text preceding or following the note

2016

Text of Note

This dissertation aims to understand how Islamist ideology differs across Islamist political parties in majority-Muslim countries. It asks why, despite drawing from the same religious source, the ideology of Islamist parties differs significantly and ranges from a wide spectrum, reaching from rigid conservative ideologies to flexible and even liberal. In order to address this question, the first step I pursue is to create a classification of different types of Islamism based on a spectrum of Islamist thought and behavior. I call the most literalist approach which aims at top-down Islamization Traditionalist Islamism, while the most flexible variety which argues for a bottom-up approach and relies on secular civil law is is labelled Neo-Islamism. Political parties that do not clearly fall under any of these categories and mix characteristics of both are grouped under the Hybrid Islamism category. I argue that if they could, all Islamist parties would moderate their ideology in order to achieve electoral success. However, both the position of the party vis-a-vis other parties in the system, and a high degree of dependence on an internal clique or an external movement create constraints and limitations which prevent parties from moderating their ideological profile. I find support for my argument by comparing five different Islamist parties in Indonesia. I further strengthen my case by introducing several hadow cases from Turkey, Malaysia and Tajikistan (under the authoritarian regime).

Islamic Studies; Middle Eastern Studies; Political science

Subject Term

Social sciences;Democracy;Indonesia;Islamism;Moderation theory;Political islam;Political parties

Johnson, Karin Annette

Kurzer, Paulette

Subdivision

Political Science

The University of Arizona

Call Number

1844410133; 10163165

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[Thesis]

276903

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