Trust and the Islamic Advantage - Religious-Based Movements in Turkey and the Muslim World

This book will interest scholars and students of comparative politics, Middle East politics, religion, and collective action. Examining the rise of Islamic-based politics and economics, Livny argues that these movements have a comparative advantage because they inspire feelings of trust among individuals with a shared, religious group-identity.

List of contents

Part I. Theoretical Development: 1. Understanding the rise of Islamic-based movements in the Muslim world; 2. Evaluating existing theories of the Islamic advantage; 3. Generalized distrust and the participation gap in the Muslim world; 4. Muslim identity and group-based trust; Part II. Applications and Empirics: 5. Explaining the Islamic advantage in political participation; 6. Islam, trust, and strategic voting in Turkey; 7. The quasi-integration of firms in an Islamic community: the case of MÜS¿AD; 8. Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Avital Livny is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is the recipient of several awards from the National Science Foundation, the US Department of Education, and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Her dissertation research also received the Juan Linz Award of the APSA Comparative Democratization Section.

Summary

This book will interest scholars and students of comparative politics, Middle East politics, religion, and collective action. Examining the rise of Islamic-based politics and economics, Livny argues that these movements have a comparative advantage because they inspire feelings of trust among individuals with a shared, religious group-identity.

Product details

• Authors: Avital Livny, Avital (University of Illinois Livny
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9781108707237
• ISBN: 978-1-108-70723-7
• No. of pages: 269
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / General, Islamic Studies, Religion & politics, Comparative Politics, Middle Eastern history, Religion and Politics, Political ideologies and movements, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities