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Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring

Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring Hardback - 2015 - 1st Edition

by John L. Esposito

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Hardback. New. This book analyzes the nature of the relationship between religion and politics by using democracy in the Muslim world and the phenomenon of the Arab Spring as a case study.
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  • Title Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring
  • Author John L. Esposito
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New Delhi, India
  • Date 2015-11-02
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9780195147988
  • ISBN 9780195147988 / 0195147987
  • Weight 1.3 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.2 in (23.62 x 16.00 x 3.05 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Cultural Region: Arab World
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
    • Religious Orientation: Islamic
  • Library of Congress subjects Democracy - Religious aspects - Islam, Democracy - Islamic countries
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015007381
  • Dewey Decimal Code 320.917

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From the publisher

The landscape of the Middle East has changed dramatically since 2011, as have the political arena and the discourse around democracy. In Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring, John L. Esposito, John Voll, and Tamara Sonn examine the state of democracy in Muslim-majority societies today. Applying a twenty-first century perspective to the question of whether Islam is "compatible" with democracy, they redirect the conversation toward a new politics of democracy that transcends both secular authoritarianism and Political Islam.

While the opposition movements of the Arab Spring vary from country to country, each has raised questions regarding equality, economic justice, democratic participation, and the relationship between Islam and democracy in their respective countries. Does democracy require a secular political regime? Are religious movements the most effective opponents of authoritarian secularist regimes? Esposito, Voll, and Sonn examine these questions and shed light on how these opposition movements reflect the new global realities of media communication and sources of influence and power. Positioned for a broad readership of scholars and students, policy-makers, and media experts, Islam and Democracy after the Arab Spring will quickly become a go-to for all who watch the Middle East, inside and outside of academia.

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Citations

  • Publishers Weekly, 09/14/2015, Page 0

About the author

John L. Esposito is University Professor, Professor of Religion & International Affairs and of Islamic Studies, and Founding Director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

Tamara Sonn is the Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani Professor in the History of Islam in the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.

John O. Voll is Professor Emeritus of Islamic History and past Associate Director of the Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at Georgetown University.