Beyond Quietism: Party Institutionalisation, Salafism, and the Economy
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...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2020]
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| In: |
Politics and religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 13, Issue: 4, Pages: 796-817 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Tunisia
/ Egypt
/ Salafīyah
/ Party affiliation
/ Economic policy
/ Neo-liberalism
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BJ Islam KBL Near East and North Africa ZC Politics in general |
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1755-0491 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Politics and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S1755048320000292 |