Modernization, democracy, and Islam/ edited by Shireen T. Hunter and Huma Malik; foreword by Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah. - Westport, Conn.: Praeger Publishers, 2005. - xiii, 361 p.: ill.; 25 cm. - ABC-Clio ebook. .

"Published in cooperation with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [331]-349) and index.

Introduction / Shireen T. Hunter -- Culture and development / Heather Deegan -- Responses to modernization : Muslim experience in a comparative perspective / Timothy McDaniel -- Development and democracy : the Muslim world in a comparative perspective / Mehran Kamrava -- Islam and modernity : are they compatible? / Tamara Sonn -- Islam and democracy : is modernization a barrier? / John O. Voll -- Is gender inequality in Muslim societies a barrier to modernization and democratization? / Valentine M. Moghadam -- The role of the military / Elizabeth Picard -- Lessons from Latin America for the Muslim world / Bruce W. Farcau -- The political geography of the Arab private sector / Giacomo Luciani -- Systemic factors and economic development in Islamic countries / Peter Nunnenkamp -- The Muslim world's poor record of modernization and democratization: the interplay of external and internal factors / Mohammed Ayoob -- Arab liberal legacies full circle / Saad Eddin Ibrahim -- Hindrances to democracy and modernization in Indonesia / Fred R. von der Mehden -- Malaysia's path to modernization and democratization / Osman Bakar -- Islam, modernization, and democratization : the case of Iran / Shireen T. Hunter -- A secular democracy in the Muslim world : the Turkish model / Binnaz Toprak -- Central Asia and Azerbaijan / Mehrdad Haghayeghi -- The roots of sub-Saharan Africa's modernization and democratization dilemmas / Chuka Onwumechili -- Conclusion and suggested remedies / Shireen T. Hunter.

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Democratization--Islamic countries.
Political culture--Islamic countries.
Islam and politics.


Islamic countries--Politics and government.
Islamic countries--Civilization.

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