Setback: The Nour Party and the 2015 Parliamentary Elections | ||||
| المجلة العلمية لکلية التجارة (أسيوط) | ||||
| Volume 39, Issue 66 - Serial Number 1, June 2019, Page 183-212 PDF (844.24 K) | ||||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/sjcf.2019.228220 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| مها Ø£Øمد غلوش* | ||||
| قسم العلوم السياسية، بالجامعة البريطانية، القاهرة | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Contrary to the assumption of domestic pundits regarding the performance of the Salafi Nour party in Egypt’s 2015 parliamentary elections, the party secured few wins—which constituted its first major setback since its establishment in 2011. This article seeks to examine the dynamics that produced this outcome by relying on the three variables of social movement theory: political opportunity structures, mobilization structures, and frames. This involved investigating the interplay between the following: One, the political environment that emerged after Morsi’s ouster in 2013, which further necessitated highlighting the views of the Nour leadership on this setting. Two, the discourse the leadership developed to explain its pragmatic responses to this setting. Three, the reliance on formal and informal mobilization structures, which together enabled the party to target its original adherents. This article argues that the hostile post-2013 political environment impelled the party leadership to make pragmatic decisions that were resented by its original supporters. Cognizant of this anger, the party focused its discourse and mobilization efforts on this base, which largely remained indifferent; thereby demonstrating the withdrawal of its support for the party at this critical juncture by refusing to turn up at the polling stations. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Nour party; Salafi; political environment; discourse; mobilization efforts; parliamentary elections | ||||
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