Religion and Politics in South Asia

Herausgeber: Riaz, Ali

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This revised edition of Religion and Politics in South Asia presents a comprehensive analysis of the interaction of religion and politics in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 151mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780367406004
• ISBN-10: 0367406004
• Artikelnr.: 60352759

Autorenporträt

Ali Riaz is a distinguished professor of political science at Illinois State University, USA, and a nonresident senior fellow of the Atlantic Council. His recent publications include Voting in a Hybrid Regime: Explaining the 2018 Bangladeshi Election (2019); Political Violence in South Asia (Routledge, 2018), co-edited with Zobaida Nasreen and Fahmida Zaman; and the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Bangladesh, co-edited with Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman (Routledge, 2016).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the tangled web of religion and politics in South Asia 1. The
"God Gap?" Public perception on religion-politics mix in South Asia 2.
Islam in Afghan conflicts and politics 3. Bangladesh: the return of
religion to the political center stage 4. India: from secular to sickular
5. Democracy and Salafism in the Maldives: a battle for the future 6.
Nepal: from Hindu monarchy to secular democracy 7. Pakistan: a state for
the Muslims or an Islamic state? 8. Sri Lanka: the Buddhisization of
politics in the Sinhala-South