Islam and Democracy
by Sisk, Timothy D.Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1992-11-01
Publisher(s): United States Inst of Peace Pr
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Summary
This volume explores the relationship between religion and politics generally, as well as the global wave of democratization in the late twentieth century, as background to different interpretations of political Islam. It analyzes the role of these movements in Iran, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, the Persian Gulf (especially Saudi Arabia), and the Palestinian community.
Table of Contents
| Executive Summary | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| Islam and the Middle East in Comparative Perspective | p. 3 |
| Religious Fundamentalisms and Political Action | p. 3 |
| The Democracy Agenda in the Post-Cold War World | p. 7 |
| Islamic Political Action: The Perception of Threat | p. 10 |
| Democratic Values and Islamic Teachings | p. 15 |
| The Problem of Interpretation: The Liberal View | p. 17 |
| The Problem of Interpretation: The Islamist View | p. 21 |
| Islamism and Human Rights | p. 26 |
| Islam, Politics, and Regimes in the Middle East | p. 33 |
| Iran: A Decade of Revolutionary Islamic Rule | p. 34 |
| Algeria: From Bullets to Ballots | p. 37 |
| Egypt: A Mixed Response | p. 41 |
| Jordan: The Politics of Inclusion | p. 45 |
| Political Participation and the Gulf States | p. 48 |
| Islam and the Palestinian National Movement | p. 51 |
| Islam, Political Change, and the Future | p. 55 |
| Islam and the Politics of Power | p. 55 |
| A "New Synthesis" | p. 58 |
| Abandonment | p. 60 |
| The Continued Compromise and Confrontation Model | p. 61 |
| Appendix: Contemporary Islamic Political Movements | p. 65 |
| Notes | p. 73 |
| References and Related Readings | p. 75 |
| Participant Biographies | p. 79 |
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