Rethinking Islamist Politics

Salwa Ismail is Director of the Middle East Politics Programmes in the Department of Politics at the University of Exeter.

• Preface vii 1 The Study of Islamism Revisited 1 2 Confronting the Other: Conservative Islamism in Egypt 27 3 Religious 'Orthodoxy' as Public Morality: The State, Islamism and Cultural Politics in Egypt 58 4 Contemporary Islamism as a Popular Movement: Socio-Spatial Determinants in the Cairo Urban Setting 82 5 Islamist Politics in Algeria and Tunisia: A State-Society Perspective 114 6 The Paradox of Islamist Politics 160 Notes 177 Bibliography 221 Index 241

'Salwa Ismail has produced a work of great interest. I found it stimulating and thought-provoking, engaging with a wide range of recent literature (most informative), and presenting challenging arguments clearly and cogently. This is a most attractive book for both the academic and general reader.' - Sami Zubaida, Birkbeck College, University of London