Political Islam and democracy in the Muslim world / Paul Kubicek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kubicek, Paul, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islam and politics--Islamic countries--Case studies.

Islam and politics.

Democracy--Islamic countries--Case studies.

Democracy.

Political culture--Islamic countries--Case studies.

Political culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colorado ; London, [England] : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Belying assertions of the incompatibility of Islam and democracy, many Muslim-majority countries are now or have been democratic. Paul Kubicek draws on the experiences of those countries to explore the relationship between political manifestations of Islam and democratic politics. Kubicek's comparative analysis allows him to highlight the common features that create conditions amenable to democratic development in Muslim-majority countries—and to show how actors in Muslim democracies in fact draw on concepts within Islam to contribute to democratization.

Contents:

Islam and democracy : exploring the relationship

Turkey : democracy and the dynamics of secularism

Malaysia : Islam and nationalism in a semidemocratic state

Pakistan : democracy after Islamization?

Bangladesh : politicized Islam in a debilitated democracy

Mali : a least-likely case of democratization

Indonesia : democratization amid competing visions of Islam

Senegal : Sufi brotherhoods, secularism, and gradual democratization

The Arab Spring and Muslim democracy : looking back, looking forward.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62637-539-9