RT Article
T1 Beyond Quietism: Party Institutionalisation, Salafism, and the Economy
JF Politics and religion
VO 13
IS 4
SP 796
OP 817
A1 Cavatorta, Francesco 1971-
A1 Resta, Valeria
LA English
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1740917316
AB Breaking with a long tradition of political quietism, many Salafis in Tunisia and Egypt decided to found political parties and participate in competitive elections after the collapse of the regime. In doing so, they had to present a political program to voters, including policy proposals on economic issues. The article examines how Salafi parties dealt with economic policy-making and finds that they reluctantly engaged with it, offering contradictory and naïve policies meant to pander to the electorate. Policy-making preferences and positions on economic issues are employed to look at the degree of party institutionalization Salafi parties have.
DO 10.1017/S1755048320000292