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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
December 2009
Print publication year:
2006
Online ISBN:
9780511550829
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511550829
Subjects:
Middle East Studies, Area Studies, Politics and International Relations, Comparative Politics, Middle East Government,Politics and Policy
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Book description

Does political inclusion produce ideological moderation? Schwedler argues that examining political behaviour alone provides insufficient evidence of moderation because it leaves open the possibility that political actors might act as if they are moderate while harbouring radical agendas. Through a comparative study of the Islamic Action Front party in Jordan and the Islah party in Yemen, she argues that the IAF in Jordan has become more moderate through participation in pluralist political processes, while the Islah party has not. The variation is explained in part by internal group organization and decision-making processes, but particularly by the ways in which the IAF has been able to justify its new pluralist practices on Islamic terms while the Islah party has not. Based on nearly four years of field research in Jordan and Yemen, Schwedler contributes both an important theory of ideological moderation and detail about these powerful Islamist political parties.

Awards

Winner of the Best Book Award - Comparative Democratization Section of the American Political Science Association

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'Faith in Moderation presents good critiques of the current dominant theories in political change literature … Faith in Moderation is a lively and valuable attempt … [it] promises more debate and to contribute to a better understanding of the dynamics of political change in the Middle East.'

Source: Insight Turkey

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