Modernization, Democracy, and Islam

Herausgeber: Hunter, Shireen

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Islamic world has a poor record in terms of modernization and democracy. However, the source of this situation is not religion, but factors including colonialism, international economic and trading systems, and the role of the military, among others. Recognizing these themes allows the consideration of possible remedies for change in the Muslim world. The Islamic world has a poor record in terms of modernization and democracy. However, the source of this situation is not religion-Islam-but rather factors including colonialism, international economic and trading systems, and the role of the military, among others. Recognizing these themes allows the consideration of possible remedies for change in the Muslim world. The distinguished scholars contributing to this volume identify key factors-some intrinsic to the Muslim world, and some external-that contribute to Islam's current predicament. Contrary to much prevailing thought and opinion, Islam is neither monolithic nor impervious to change. It is neither anti-democratic nor inherently anti-modernization. Islam itself, as this book shows, is not the root cause of the malaise of the Islamic world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 730g
• ISBN-13: 9780275985110
• ISBN-10: 0275985113
• Artikelnr.: 21488375

Autorenporträt

Shireen T. Hunter is Director of the Islam Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Her areas of expertise include the Middle East-especially the Persian Gulf region-and Islam-particularly in Russia, Europe, and the United States. She is the author of The Future of Islam and the West: Clash of Civilizations or Peaceful Coexistence? (CSIS/Praeger, 1998) and editor of Islam: Europe's Second Religion (Praeger, 2002). Huma Malik is a fellow in the CSIS Islam Program. Her research focuses on ethnic and sectarian conflicts in South Asia. She is the co-editor of two reports for CSIS, Islam in Europe and the United States: A Comparative Perspective and Integrating Muslim Communities in Europe and the United States (2003).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Culture and Development by Heather Deegan Development and
Democracy: The Muslim World in Comparative Perspective by Mehran Kamrava Is
Gender Inequality a Barrier to Modernization and Democratization? by
Valentine Moghadam Islam and Modernity by Tamara Sonn Islam and Democracy:
Is Modernization a Barrier? by John Voll Responses to Modernization: Muslim
Experience in Comparative Perspective by Tim McDaniel Military
Establishment and the Challenge of Reformism by Elizabeth Picard Economic
Foundations of States and Democratisation: Shifting Political Geography of
the Arab Private Sector by Giacomo Luciani Demographic, Economic, and
Social Conditions in Muslim Majority Countries: Prospects for
Democratization by Ibrahim Oweiss The Legacy of Colonialism: Impact on the
Modernization and Democratization of the Muslim World by Ayesha Jalal The
Muslim World's Poor Democratic Record: The Interplay of External and
Internal Factors by Mohammad Ayoob Systemic Factors and Economic
Development in Islamic Countries by Peter Nunnenkamp The Roots of
Sub-Saharan Africa's Modernization and Democratization Dilemmas by Chuka
Onwumechili Arab Liberal Legacies Full Circle by Saad Eddin Ibrahim Central
Asia and Azerbaijan by Mehrdad Haghyeghi The Case of Pakistan by Mumtaz
Ahmad Malaysia's Path to Modernization and Democratization by Osman Bakar
Islam, Modernization and Democratization: The Case of Iran by Shireen
Hunter & Nasser Hadian A Secular Democracy in the Muslim World: The Turkish
Model by Binnaz Toprak Conclusions