The politics of religious party change : Islamist and Catholic parties in comparative perspective /
A. Kadir Yildirim.
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
- pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The book addresses the timely question of ideological change and secularization of religious political parties. In a striking comparative analysis, this book traces the similar historical origins of Islamist and Catholic parties in the Middle East and Western Europe, chronicles their conflicts with existing religious authorities, and analyzes their subsequently divergent paths"--
Political parties--Middle East. Political parties--Europe, Western. Islam and politics--Middle East. Party affiliation--Middle East. Party affiliation--Europe, Western.