Resistance, Power and Conceptions of Political Order in Islamist Organizations: Comparing Hezbollah and Hamas (Routledge Advances in International Relations and Global Politics)

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Title Page
Copyright page
Table of Contents
List of figures
Acknowledgments
Note on transliteration
List of abbreviations
1 Introduction: Islamist organizations’ conceptions of political order, resistance, and power
2 Bridging the gap: connecting Islamism research and Critical Constructivism
	2.1 The political ideology of Islamism
	2.2 Critical Constructivist norm research and the core norm of resistance
	2.3 Political order and power
	2.4 Conclusion and research proposition
3 The Lebanese Hezbollah: politics serve resistance
	3.1 Hezbollah’s intellectual background: Islamism, resistance, and political order in the Lebanese context
	3.2 Engaging in national politics: protecting the resistance ranks first
	3.3 Consolidating resistance: Hezbollah in domestic contestation processes
	3.4 Defending resistance through reconstructing its meaning
	3.5 Conclusion: Hezbollah’s conceptions of political order
4 The Palestinian Hamas: resistance, governance, and ambitions for maintaining power
	4.1 Hamas’ intellectual background: Islamism, resistance, and political order in the Palestinian context
	4.2 Hamas comes to power: new visions of a Palestinian political order?
	4.3 Political order in Gaza under the authority of Hamas
	4.4 Morsi’s rise to power: Hamas anticipates its moment has come
	4.5 Conclusion: Hamas’ conceptions of political order
5 Hezbollah and Hamas: the interplay of resistance, power, and political order
	5.1 Hezbollah’s and Hamas’ intellectual and structural background
	5.2 Conceptions of political order
	5.3 The core norm of resistance
	5.4 Maintaining the power position
	5.5 Conclusion
6 Ruling Islamist organizations and the connection of norms, power, and conceptions of political order
	6.1 Ennahda in power: compromise and power-sharing in the constitution-making process
	6.2 The Muslim Brotherhood: hasty constitution-making without compromise
	6.3 Ruling Islamist organizations and the explanatory power of Critical Constructivist norm research
7 Conclusion
	7.1 The key findings and their scientific contribution
	7.2 Implications for future research and practitioners
Annex I: list of interviews
Annex II: list of written Arabic primary sources
Index