ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book aims to achieve a better understanding of Islamist organizations' conceptions of political order. It analyzes the conceptions of political order of the Shiite Hezbollah and the Sunni Hamas based on a theoretical approach that combines Islamism research and Critical Constructivism. The book elaborates the main concepts that were relevant for the theoretical framework: Islamism, norms, political order, resistance, and power. It shows that these concepts are closely related to each other and that they have much in common because they all entail flexible elements. The book suggests that it is the organizations' core norm of resistance, deeply intertwined with their interactions towards power preservation. It discusses that the specific political and social context they are engaged in, which characterizes Hezbollah's and Hamas' respective conceptions of political order and explains the differences between them.
