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'Islamic Fundamentalism' by Lawrence Davidson is reviewed.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Terminology and Transliteration -- Introduction -- Part One: General Framework and Themes -- 1 The Political Discourse of Contemporary Islamist Movements -- 2 Islamic State Theories and Contemporary Realities -- 3 Islam and the Secular Logic of the State in the Middle East -- 4 Pax Islamica: An Alternative New World Order? -- Part Two: Case Studies -- 5 The Roots and Future of Islamism in Algeria -- 6 Egypt: The Islamists and the State Under Mubarak -- 7 Climate of Change in Jordan's Islamist Movement -- 8 Islamic Governance in Post-Khomeini Iran -- 9 Islamist Movements in Historical Palestine -- 10 Sudan: Ideology and Pragmatism -- 11 State and Islamism in Syria -- 12 Islamism and Tribalism in Yemen -- Part Three: Parallels -- 13 Islamism in Algeria and Iran -- 14 Women and Islamism: The Case of Rashid al-Ghannushi of Tunisia -- About the Book -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Index

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In an effort at moving away from simple survey studies and from a narrative approach of documentating current events, this article aims at providing an explanatory assessment of this new phenomenon, based on a theoretical framework which conceptualizes the interplay between cultural and economic components of social change. (DSE)