| Islam and Political Legitimacy Contributor(s): Akbarzadeh, Shahram (Editor), Saeed, Abdullah (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415314283 ISBN-13: 9780415314282 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2003 Annotation: This book deals with the topical issue of political mobilisation and legitimacy in a number of Muslim states, and explores sources of tension and turmoil in these cases. More specifically, the book examines the evolving and complex relationship between political power and Islam through a comparative study of carefully selected Muslim states. Special attention is paid to the mechanisms of state control/utilisation of Islam to maintain stability and to bolster political legitimacy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - History | Middle East - General |
| Dewey: 320.550 |
| LCCN: 2002036960 |
| Lexile Measure: 1540 |
| Physical Information: 0.66" H x 5.52" W x 8.8" (0.79 lbs) 198 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Akbarzadeh and Saeed explore one of the most challenging issues facing the Muslim world: the Islamisation of political power. They present a comparative analysis of Muslim societies in West, South, Central and South East Asia and highlight the immediacy of the challenge for the political leadership in those societies. Islam and Political Legitimacy contends that the growing reliance on Islamic symbolism across the Muslim world, even in states that have had a strained relationship with Islam, has contributed to the evolution of Islam as a social and cultural factor to an entrenched political force. The geographic breadth of this book offers readers a nuanced appraisal of political Islam that transcends parochial eccentricities. Contributors to this volume examine the evolving relationship between Islam and political power in Bangladesh, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan. Researchers and students of political Islam and radicalism in the Muslim world will find Islam and Political Legitimacy of special interest. This is a welcome addition to the rich literature on the politics of the contemporary Muslim world. |