Uncharted territory: political Islam and Rentier states -- Origins -- No taxation, no representation: political opposition in Rentier states and the origins of Muslim Brotherhood movements in the Gulf -- Systems of governance and politics of opposition in the super-Rentiers -- Rise and fall -- Education and influence: origins of Rentier Islamism -- Politicians or preachers: the development of Rentier Islamist agendas in a post-Arab nationalist era -- Modern Rentier Islamism -- Rentier Islamism after Pan-Arabism -- Challenges and opposition in the 21st century -- Rentier Islamism: explaining Ikhwan politics in the super-Rentiers
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-270) and index