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A Theory of Islamist Mobilization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2017

Quinn Mecham
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Brigham Young University, Utah
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  • From the Sacred to the State
  • Quinn Mecham, Brigham Young University, Utah
  • Book: Institutional Origins of Islamist Political Mobilization
  • Online publication: 23 February 2017
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107323568.003
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  • From the Sacred to the State
  • Quinn Mecham, Brigham Young University, Utah
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107323568.003
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  • Quinn Mecham, Brigham Young University, Utah
  • Book: Institutional Origins of Islamist Political Mobilization
  • Online publication: 23 February 2017
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107323568.003
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