| Description |
xv, 388 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction: thinking about Islam and politics in global perspective -- Islam and politics: history and key concepts -- State formation and the making of Islamism -- Islam in the system: the evolution of Islamism as political strategy -- Islam as the system: Islamic states and Islamization from above -- Islam for lack of a system: Islamism in weak and failed states -- Radical Islamism and jihad beyond the nation-state -- Muslim transnationalism: brotherhoods, networks diasporas -- Who speaks for Islam? religious authority in the global Umma -- Beyond Islamism: globalization and Muslim politics -- Appendix: key economic & political indicators for Muslim countries |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [371]-375) and index |
| Subject |
Islam and politics.
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Islam and state.
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Globalization -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
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Ummah (Islam)
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| LC no. |
2007006491 |
| ISBN |
9780415326063 hardback |
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0415326060 hardback |
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9780415326070 paperback |
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0415326079 paperback |
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