Democratic Transition in the Muslim World: A Global Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780231184311 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 272 str.

Alfred C. Stepan

Opis

This book convenes leading scholars to consider the implications of democratic success in Tunisia and failure in Egypt in comparative perspective. Contributors analyze similarities and differences among democratizing countries with large Muslim populations, considering universal challenges as well as each nation's particular obstacles.

Recenzje

In the age of ISIS and rising anti-Muslim bigotry (embodied in the rise of Donald Trump), the claim that the Islam and Muslim societies are essentially and enduringly anti-democratic has again become mainstream. This book forcefully and convincingly repudiates this proposition. Focusing on the fascinating case of Tunisia and drawing up his vast erudition on the study of democracy, Alfred Stepan makes an important and unique contribution in understanding the relationship between religion and democracy in Muslim societies. Nader Hashemi, the University of Denver

O autorze

Alfred Stepan (1936-2017) was the Wallace Sayre Professor Emeritus of Government and founding director of the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion at Columbia University. His many books include Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe (with Juan J. Linz, 1996), Arguing Comparative Politics (2001), and Boundaries of Toleration (Columbia, 2014, with Charles Taylor).