Religion and Politics in South Asia

ISBN-13: 9780367406004 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 222 str.

Ali Riaz

Opis

This revised edition of Religion and Politics in South Asia presents a comprehensive analysis of the interaction of religion and politics in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Spis treści

Introduction: the tangled web of religion and politics in South Asia  1. The "God Gap?" Public perception on religion-politics mix in South Asia  2. Islam in Afghan conflicts and politics  3. Bangladesh: the return of religion to the political center stage  4. India: from secular to sickular  5. Democracy and Salafism in the Maldives: a battle for the future  6. Nepal: from Hindu monarchy to secular democracy  7. Pakistan: a state for the Muslims or an Islamic state?  8. Sri Lanka: the Buddhisization of politics in the Sinhala-South

O autorze

Ali Riaz is a distinguished professor of political science at Illinois State University, USA, and a nonresident senior fellow of the Atlantic Council. His recent publications include Voting in a Hybrid Regime: Explaining the 2018 Bangladeshi Election (2019); Political Violence in South Asia (Routledge, 2018), co-edited with Zobaida Nasreen and Fahmida Zaman; and the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary Bangladesh, co-edited with Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman (Routledge, 2016).