Islam and democracy after the Arab Spring / John L. Esposito, Tamara Sonn, and John O. Voll
- Author:
- Esposito, John L.
- Published:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Additional Creators:
- Sonn, Tamara, 1949- and Voll, John Obert, 1936-
Access Online
- Oxford scholarship online: ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- 2.Islam, Democracy, and Turkey's Secular State -- 3.Iran: Classical Themes and Contemporary Challenges -- 4.Pakistan: A Work in Progress -- 5.Indonesia: From Military Rule to Democracy -- 6.Senegal: Democracy and the Postcolonial State -- 7.Tunisia: From Revolution to Republic -- 8.Egypt: From Democratization to the Restoration of Authoritarianism -- 9.Conclusion.
- Summary:
- This title examines the recent Arab uprisings and the democratic process in the Muslim world, while also analysing the larger relationship between religion and politics. The text applies a 21st-century perspective to the question of whether or not Islam is 'compatible' with democracy by redirecting the conversation toward a new politics of democracy that transcends both secular authoritarianism and Political Islam.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780190263799 (ebook)
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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