The clash of ideas in world politics : transnational networks, states, and regime change, 1510-2010 / John M. Owen IV.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Owen, John M.

Series:

Princeton studies in international history and politics.

Princeton studies in international history and politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World politics.

Islamic countries--Politics and government.

Islamic countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Some blame the violence and unrest in the Muslim world on Islam itself, arguing that the religion and its history is inherently bloody. Others blame the United States, arguing that American attempts to spread democracy by force have destabilized the region, and that these efforts are somehow radical or unique. Challenging these views, The Clash of Ideas in World Politics reveals how the Muslim world is in the throes of an ideological struggle that extends far beyond the Middle East, and how struggles like it have been a recurring feature of international relations since the dawn of the modern European state. John Owen examines more than two hundred cases of forcible regime promotion over the past five centuries, offering the first systematic study of this common state practice. He looks at conflicts between Catholicism and Protestantism between 1520 and the 1680's; republicanism and monarchy between 1770 and 1850; and communism, fascism, and liberal democracy from 1917 until the late 1980's. He shows how regime promotion can follow regime unrest in the eventual target state or a war involving a great power, and how this can provoke elites across states to polarize according to ideology. Owen traces how conflicts arise and ultimately fade as one ideology wins favor with more elites in more countries, and he demonstrates how the struggle between secularism and Islamism in Muslim countries today reflects broader transnational trends in world history.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations and Tables

Acknowledgments

CHAPTER ONE. Forcible Regime Promotion, Then and Now

CHAPTER TWO. The Agents: Transnational Networks and Governments

CHAPTER THREE. The Structures: Transnational Ideological Contests

CHAPTER FOUR. Church and State, 1510-1700

CHAPTER FIVE. Crown, Nobility, and People, 1770-1870

CHAPTER SIX. Individual, Class, and State, 1910-1990

CHAPTER SEVEN. Mosque and State, 1923-

CHAPTER EIGHT. The Future of Forcible Regime Promotion

APPENDIX. Appendix Concerning Data on Forcible Regime Promotion, 1510-2010

Notes

Index

Back matter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-319) and index.

ISBN:

9786612721991

9781282721999

1282721992

9781400836765

140083676X

OCLC:

656888042