Religion and Political Change in the Modern World

This book focuses on the recent return of religion to politics, providing a range of perspectives and insights on an issue central to momentous recent events in the Middle East and elsewhere.
The chapters in this book were originally published in Democratization.

List of contents

1. Introduction: Religion and Political Change in the Modern World Jeffrey Haynes Part 1: Theoretical and Conceptual Issues 2. 'Did Protestantism create democracy? Steve Bruce 3. Unfinished business: the Catholic Church, communism, and democratization Lan T. Chu 4. Does faith limit immorality? The politics of religion and corruption Udi Sommer, Pazit Ben Nun-Bloom and Gizem Arikan 5. Political Islam in the Mediterranean: the view from democratization studies Frederic Volpi Part 2: Case Studies 6. Religion and democratization in Africa Jeffrey Haynes 7. Bullets over ballots: Islamist groups, the state and electoral violence in Egypt and Morocco Francesco Cavatorta and Hendrik Kraettzschmar 8. Islamic reformation discourses: popular sovereignty and religious secularisation in Iran Naser Ghobadzadeh and Lily Zubaidah Rahim 9. The religious experience as affecting ambivalence: the case of democratic performance in Israel Pazit Ben Nun-Bloom, Mina Zemach and Asher Arian (deceased)

About the author

Jeffrey Haynes is the co-editor of Democratization. He is the director of the Centre for the Study of Religion, Conflict and Cooperation and Professor of Politics at London Metropolitan University, UK.

Summary

This book focuses on the recent return of religion to politics, providing a range of perspectives and insights on an issue central to momentous recent events in the Middle East and elsewhere. The chapters in this book were originally published in Democratization.

Product details

• Assisted by: Jeffrey Haynes (Editor), Haynes Jeffrey (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032927831
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92783-1
• No. of pages: 202
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Democratization Special Issues
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Religion: general, Politics & government, Religion & politics, Political structures: democracy, Politics and government, Religion and Politics, Elections & referenda, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Religion, Politics & State, Elections and referenda / suffrage