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Political Islam in the Age of Democratization

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Authors:
  1. Kamran Bokhari
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  2. Farid Senzai
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Part of the book series: Middle East Today (MIET)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction: The Role of Religion in Politics

    • Kamran Bokhari, Farid Senzai
    Pages 1-14

  3. Understanding the Complexity of Political Islam

    • Kamran Bokhari, Farid Senzai
    Pages 15-30

  4. Theoretical Framework: Democratization and Islamism

    • Kamran Bokhari, Farid Senzai
    Pages 31-47

  5. Participatory Islamists: The Case of the Muslim Brotherhood

    • Kamran Bokhari, Farid Senzai
    Pages 49-79

  6. Conditionalist Islamists: The Case of the Salafis

    • Kamran Bokhari, Farid Senzai
    Pages 81-100

  7. Rejector Islamists: al-Qaeda and Transnational Jihadism

    • Kamran Bokhari, Farid Senzai
    Pages 101-118

  8. Rejector Islamists: Taliban and Nationalist Jihadism

    • Kamran Bokhari, Farid Senzai
    Pages 119-133

  9. Participatory Shia Islamism: The Islamic Republic of Iran

    • Kamran Bokhari, Farid Senzai
    Pages 135-151

  10. Arab Shia Islamism: Iraqi Shia Islamists and Hezbollah

    • Kamran Bokhari, Farid Senzai
    Pages 153-172

  11. Post-Islamism: The Case of Turkey’s AKP

    • Kamran Bokhari, Farid Senzai
    Pages 173-184

  12. Conclusion: Prospects for Muslim Democracies

    • Kamran Bokhari, Farid Senzai
    Pages 185-195

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 197-258
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About this book

The continued prominence of Islam in the struggle for democracy in the Muslim world has confounded Western democracy theorists who largely consider secularism a prerequisite for democratic transitions. Kamran Bokhari and Farid Senzai offer a comprehensive view of the complex nature of contemporary political Islam and its relationship to democracy.

Reviews

“Bokhari and Senzai present a generally persuasive, informed, and nuanced conceptual framework for understanding different ‘Islamists’ behavior in relation to democracy’ and the different ways democracy  can be interpreted and operationalized within Islamic societies … . Overall, this book constitutes a must read for students of Muslim politics; it is an informative, resourceful, and easily comprehensible text for anyone who desires to understand political Islam today.” (Ravza Altuntaş-Çakır, Insight Turkey, insightturkey.com, December, 2015)

About the authors

Author Kamran Bokhari: Kamran Bokhari is Vice President of Middle Eastern & South Asian Affairs at Stratfor, USA. He is also a Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Politics & International Relations at the University of Westminster, UK and a fellow with the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, USA. Author Farid Senzai: Farid Senzai is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Santa Clara University, USA and Director of Research at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding. He is the author of Educating the Muslims of America (Oxford University Press, 2009)

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