Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Note on Transliteration xvii
6. CHAPTER ONE. Conceptualizing Islamist Movement Change 1
7. CHAPTER TWO. The Brotherhood’s Early Years 20
8. CHAPTER THREE. The Brotherhood’s Foray into Electoral Politics 46
9. CHAPTER FOUR. The Wasat Party Initiative and the Brotherhood’s Response 76
10. CHAPTER FIVE. The Brotherhood’s Seesaw between Self-Assertion and Self-Restraint 96
11. CHAPTER SIX. Repression and Retrenchment 120
12. CHAPTER SEVEN. The Brotherhood and the Egyptian Uprising 154
13. CHAPTER EIGHT. Egypt’s Islamist Movement in Comparative Perspective 196
14. CHAPTER NINE. The Muslim Brotherhood in (Egypt’s) Transition 247
15. Afterword to the Paperback Edition 289
16. End notes 325
17. List of Interviews 369
18. Selected Bibliography 373
19. Index 389