...success of llamas and Hezbollah. Jillian Schwedler's Faith in Moderation is a useful contribution to this debate precisely because she does not claim to present an overall answer. Instead, she uses detailed case studies of Islamists in Jordan and Yemen to critique the moderation thesis. While Schwedler's analysis seems incomplete on one important point, Faith in Moderation has a great deal to offer to the theoretical debate on this issue.

Schwedler insightfully observes that the vast literature on the "inclusion-produces-moderation" thesis is overly linear and simplistic, and that it marginalizes the importance of "stalled" transitions--political openings that do not lead to full democracy. Furthermore, it fails to explain how...

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