DENIS J. SULLIVANAND SANAABED-KOTOB, Islam in Contemporary Egypt: Civil Society versusthe State (Boulder, Colo.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1999). Pp. 170. $49.95 cloth, $12.76paper.

Abstract

This concise and accessible introduction to the subject of Islamist movements in Egypt will be useful for those seeking a point of entry. More experienced students of the subject, however, may not find much new empirical material in this book. They may also disagree with the authors' reliance on the civil-society interpretive paradigm to the exclusion of other approaches and their sometimes schematic treatment of Islamist groups.