Sebnem Gumuscu is Associate Professor of political science at Middlebury College. She has done extensive fieldwork in the Middle East and published widely on Islamist parties, democracy, and authoritarianism in prestigious journals. She has previously published Democracy, Identity, and Foreign Policy in Turkey: Hegemony through Transformation (co-author, 2014).

• Introduction; 1. Modernization, inclusion, and power: explaining Islamist parties' democratic commitments; 2. A theory of intra-party politics: resources and coalitions; 3. The AKP's pivot from liberal democracy to electoral Islamism; 4. Electoral Islamism and killing the dream of a democratic Muslim brotherhood; 5. Ennahda's path towards liberal Islamism; Conclusion.

'Through extensive fieldwork, Gumuscu offers a detailed, carefully researched empirical analysis of Islamist political parties, focusing on intra-party politics and factional struggles. This pathbreaking study is indispensable to understanding the dynamics of the Islamist political parties and their role in the contemporary politics of Egypt, Tunisia, and Turkey.' Sabri Sayarı, Sabancı University

Sebnem Gumuscu is Associate Professor of political science at Middlebury College. She has done extensive fieldwork in the Middle East and published widely on Islamist parties, democracy, and authoritarianism in prestigious journals. She has previously published Democracy, Identity, and Foreign Policy in Turkey: Hegemony through Transformation (co-author, 2014).

• Introduction; 1. Modernization, inclusion, and power: explaining Islamist parties' democratic commitments; 2. A theory of intra-party politics: resources and coalitions; 3. The AKP's pivot from liberal democracy to electoral Islamism; 4. Electoral Islamism and killing the dream of a democratic Muslim brotherhood; 5. Ennahda's path towards liberal Islamism; Conclusion.

'Through extensive fieldwork, Gumuscu offers a detailed, carefully researched empirical analysis of Islamist political parties, focusing on intra-party politics and factional struggles. This pathbreaking study is indispensable to understanding the dynamics of the Islamist political parties and their role in the contemporary politics of Egypt, Tunisia, and Turkey.' Sabri Sayarı, Sabancı University

Sebnem Gumuscu is Associate Professor of political science at Middlebury College. She has done extensive fieldwork in the Middle East and published widely on Islamist parties, democracy, and authoritarianism in prestigious journals. She has previously published Democracy, Identity, and Foreign Policy in Turkey: Hegemony through Transformation (co-author, 2014).

• Introduction; 1. Modernization, inclusion, and power: explaining Islamist parties' democratic commitments; 2. A theory of intra-party politics: resources and coalitions; 3. The AKP's pivot from liberal democracy to electoral Islamism; 4. Electoral Islamism and killing the dream of a democratic Muslim brotherhood; 5. Ennahda's path towards liberal Islamism; Conclusion.

'Through extensive fieldwork, Gumuscu offers a detailed, carefully researched empirical analysis of Islamist political parties, focusing on intra-party politics and factional struggles. This pathbreaking study is indispensable to understanding the dynamics of the Islamist political parties and their role in the contemporary politics of Egypt, Tunisia, and Turkey.' Sabri Sayarı, Sabancı University