TY - BOOK AU - Brown,Nathan J. TI - When Victory Is Not an Option: Islamist Movements in Arab Politics SN - 9780801463891 AV - DS39 U1 - 320.5/57 PY - 2012/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - Islam and politics -- Arab countries KW - Political parties -- Arab countries KW - Islamic fundamentalism -- Arab countries KW - Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 1945- KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- When Victory is Not an Option -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Partially Political Movements in Semiauthoritarian Systems -- 2. Running to Lose? Elections, Authoritarianism,and Islamist Movements -- 3. Beyond Analogy Mongering: Ideological Movementsand the Debate over the Primacy of Politics -- 4. The Model and the Mother Movement -- 5. The Model in Practice in Four Semiauthoritarian Settings -- 6. Can Islamists Party? : Political Participationand Organizational Change -- 7. Ideological Change: Flirtation and Commitment -- 8. Arab Politics and Societies as They Might Be -- 9. Islamist Parties and Arab Political Systemsas They Are -- Bibliography -- Index N2 - In When Victory Is Not an Option, Nathan J. Brown focuses on Islamist movements in Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, and Palestine, showing that uncertain benefits lead to uncertain changes UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3138300 ER -