Teije H. Donker is a by-fellow at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. As a political sociologist, his work stands at the intersection of social movement studies and Middle East area studies. He received his Ph.D from the European University Institute, had a postdoctorate at the department of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen, Norway, and a three year lecturership at the department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge. He is a co-author of Social Movements and Civil War: When Protests for Democratization Fail (Routledge, 2017).

Based upon an extremely rich empirical analysis of the Tunisian transition to democracy and the Syrian crisis, this volume provides a fundamental contribution to our understanding of Islamist movements. For social movement scholars, the conceptualisation and investigation of contentious practices represents an important theoretical innovation.

• List of FiguresAbbreviationsRomanisation of ArabicAcknowledgementsCast of CharactersTimeline of EventsMap 1 Southern Europe, Middle East and North AfricaMap 2 TunisiaMap 3 SyriaMap 4 North-West Syria 1 Introduction2 The Distinct Practices of Islamist Movements3 The Evolution of Islamisms4 The Tunisian Transition5 The Syrian Crisis6 Comparing Distinct Practices7 ConclusionsReferencesIndexBack Matter

Teije H. Donker is a by-fellow at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. As a political sociologist, his work stands at the intersection of social movement studies and Middle East area studies. He received his Ph.D from the European University Institute, had a postdoctorate at the department of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen, Norway, and a three year lecturership at the department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge. He is a co-author of Social Movements and Civil War: When Protests for Democratization Fail (Routledge, 2017).

Based upon an extremely rich empirical analysis of the Tunisian transition to democracy and the Syrian crisis, this volume provides a fundamental contribution to our understanding of Islamist movements. For social movement scholars, the conceptualisation and investigation of contentious practices represents an important theoretical innovation.

• List of FiguresAbbreviationsRomanisation of ArabicAcknowledgementsCast of CharactersTimeline of EventsMap 1 Southern Europe, Middle East and North AfricaMap 2 TunisiaMap 3 SyriaMap 4 North-West Syria 1 Introduction2 The Distinct Practices of Islamist Movements3 The Evolution of Islamisms4 The Tunisian Transition5 The Syrian Crisis6 Comparing Distinct Practices7 ConclusionsReferencesIndexBack Matter

Teije H. Donker is a by-fellow at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge. As a political sociologist, his work stands at the intersection of social movement studies and Middle East area studies. He received his Ph.D from the European University Institute, had a postdoctorate at the department of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen, Norway, and a three year lecturership at the department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge. He is a co-author of Social Movements and Civil War: When Protests for Democratization Fail (Routledge, 2017).

Based upon an extremely rich empirical analysis of the Tunisian transition to democracy and the Syrian crisis, this volume provides a fundamental contribution to our understanding of Islamist movements. For social movement scholars, the conceptualisation and investigation of contentious practices represents an important theoretical innovation.

• List of FiguresAbbreviationsRomanisation of ArabicAcknowledgementsCast of CharactersTimeline of EventsMap 1 Southern Europe, Middle East and North AfricaMap 2 TunisiaMap 3 SyriaMap 4 North-West Syria 1 Introduction2 The Distinct Practices of Islamist Movements3 The Evolution of Islamisms4 The Tunisian Transition5 The Syrian Crisis6 Comparing Distinct Practices7 ConclusionsReferencesIndexBack Matter