Chapter 1. Introduction: Structure, Arguments, and Conceptual Framework

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. A Note on Language and Transliteration xiii
5. Prologue xv
6. Chapter 1. Introduction: Structure, Arguments, and Conceptual Framework 1
7. Chapter 2. A Brief History of Hamas and the Islamic Movement in Palestine 19
8. Chapter 3. Islamist Conceptions of Civil Society 51
9. Chapter 4. The Evolution of Islamist Social Institutions in the Gaza Strip 70
10. Chapter 5. Islamist Social Institutions: Creating a Descriptive Context 97
11. Chapter 6. Islamist Social Institutions: Key Analytical Findings 161
12. Chapter 7. A Changing Islamist Order? From Civic Empowerment to Civic Regression—the Second Intifada and Beyond 191
13. Postscript. The Devastation of Gaza—Some Additional Reflections on Where We Are Now 226
14. Appendix. Islamist (and Non-Islamist) Social Institutions 237
15. Afterword to the Paperback Edition 239
16. Epilogue 261
17. Notes 271
18. Selected Bibliography 331
19. Index 351