The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 121)

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party (ص 121)

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a higher organ. This system has best served the Movement
in its first years and would have continued to do so if
the Movement had a comprehensive theory which could answer
the fundamental questions that plagued the Movement in
later years.
MEMBERSEIP
The Arab Nationalists Movement corresponds, more or
less, to what Duverger calls devotee parties. ?* It is more
open than cadre parties which are restricted to a few
notables or influencial persons and more closed than mass
parties which seeks to recruit an increasing number of
people. The ANM, though aspires to be a mass party in the
long run, is nevertheless very selective in its membership.
The founding leaders envisaged the organization as a vanguard
contingent of the Arab national movement. They demanded
that members of the movement should be dedicated to the
cause of the Arab revolution. To join the Arab Nationalists
in those early years, a member had to carry on the day-to-day
activity of the Movement. A member had no personal life
apart from that of the Movement. 77
22nuverger, op. cit., p. 70.
23 statement by Hani al-Hindi, personal interview,
June 22, 1970.

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The Arab Nationalists Movement 1951-1971: From Pressure Group to Socialist Party

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1971-02-07

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Basil R. Al-Kubaisi

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