1st Edition

Democratization in the Muslim World Changing Patterns of Authority and Power

Edited By Frederic Volpi, Francesco Cavatorta Copyright 2007
176 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines the role that political Islam plays in processes of democratization in the Muslim world, detailing the political processes that facilitate the collective learning of democratic ways of solving the practical problems of those polities. Democratization in the Muslim World represents an important contribution to the debate on democratization and political Islam that... Read more

Introduction - Beyond Democratization: Devolving Power and Authority in a Plural Muslim World.  Authoritarian Persistence, Democratization Theory and the Middle East.  A Consolidated Patrimonial Democracy? Democratization in Post-Suharto Indonesia.  Political Islam and Malaysian Democracy.  Algeria’s Pseudo-Democratic Politics: Lessons for Democratization in the Middle East.  Elections under Authoritarianism: Preliminary Lessons from Jordan.  Faith in Democracy: Islamization of the Iraqi Polity after Saddam Hussein.  Islam and Democracy in East Africa.  Islamist Terrorism and the Democratic Deficit in the Middle East: Political Exclusion, Repression and the Causes of Extremism

Biography

Frederic Volpi, Francesco Cavatorta