Factionalism in Social Movements

About the authorNadia Aboushady is an Assistant Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University and an affiliated researcher at the Centre for Near and Middle Eastern Studies, Philipps University Marburg. Her research interests focus on Islamists, social movements, repression, protest and radicalization.

• State of research.- Theoretical Debates and Novelties in the Study of Social Movements.- Researching an Underground Organization: Methodology and Limitations.- Brotherhood’s internal conflicts and their outcomes: historical overview (1928-2011).- The Brotherhood’s organizational reconfiguration amidst political turbulence.- Beyond strategic divisions: MB narratives and microstructural dimensions of factionalism.- Discussion and Conclusion.