ABSTRACT
The chapter analyzes the link between constitutional norms, power, and conceptions of political order based on the cases of the Tunisian Ennahda and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood after 2011. It shows that the norms Ennahda and the Muslim Brotherhood aimed to implement into the constitutions of Tunisia and Egypt respectively were linked to both organizations’ aspirations towards power preservation and were relevant for their conceptions of political order. The chapter demonstrates that both organizations’ Islamist political thought provided the frame of references but was not decisive for their actions in the constitution-making processes in Tunisia and Egypt.
