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    Theorizing Islamist Parties’ Mobilization at the Polls

    This chapter presents the book’s theoretical model for analyzing Islamist parties’ mobilization, which is the supply-and-demand framework, based on a combination of three theories—electoral authoritarianism th...

    Chuchu Zhang in Islamist Party Mobilization (2020)

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    First Trial at the Polls

    This chapter tests the logic of the demand-and-supply theory through in-depth comparison of the MTI/Ennahda’s and HMS’ first trials of electoral mobilization in 1989. It argues that although both the MTI/Ennah...

    Chuchu Zhang in Islamist Party Mobilization (2020)

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    Co-optation or Resistance?

    This chapter compares the mobilization of Ennahda and the HMS between 1999 and 2010 and examines the contrasting ways in which Ennahda’s organizational and framing dynamics made it a more moderate and moderniz...

    Chuchu Zhang in Islamist Party Mobilization (2020)

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    Conclusion

    This chapter summarizes the goals and outcomes of the research before elaborating on the explanatory power of the findings. It argues that the study’s demand-and-supply framework can enable better understandin...

    Chuchu Zhang in Islamist Party Mobilization (2020)

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    Introduction

    This chapter explains the aim of this book, which is to explore how Islamist parties mobilize debates, discourses, and environments in electoral authoritarian systems. Specifically, the research analyzes how I...

    Chuchu Zhang in Islamist Party Mobilization (2020)

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    Historical Background

    This chapter analyzes the political context, creation, structures, and ideas of the predecessors of Tunisia’s Ennahda and Algeria’s HMS, namely JI/ MTI and JM. It finds that whereas both JI/MTI and JM adopted ...

    Chuchu Zhang in Islamist Party Mobilization (2020)

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    Drastic Changes

    This chapter compares the mobilization of Ennahda and the HMS in 1992–1998 and examines how the two parties framed new opportunities and adjusted their organizational structure and framing process. It argues t...

    Chuchu Zhang in Islamist Party Mobilization (2020)

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    Entering the 2010s

    This chapter tests the logic of the demand-and-supply theory through comparison of the mobilization of Ennahda and HMS in the early 2010s. It argues that although both Tunisia and Algeria faced protests, and b...

    Chuchu Zhang in Islamist Party Mobilization (2020)