Political Islam and Democracy in the Muslim World

Belying assertions of the incompatibility of Islam and democracy, many Muslim-majority countries are now or have been democratic. Paul Kubicek draws on the experiences of those countries to explore the relationship between political manifestations of Islam and democratic politics. Kubicek's comparative analysis allows him to highlight the common features that create conditions amenable to democratic development in Muslim-majority countries--and to show how actors in Muslim democracies in fact draw on concepts within Islam to contribute to democratization.

"Belying assertions of the incompatibility of Islam and democracy, many Muslim-majority countries are now or have been democratic. Paul Kubicek draws on the experiences of those countries to explore the relationship between political manifestations of Islam and democratic politics. Kubicek's comparative analysis allows him to highlight the common features that create conditions amenable to democratic development in Muslim-majority countries{u2014}and to show how actors in Muslim democracies in fact draw on concepts within Islam to contribute to democratization."--Publisher's website

Islam and democracy : exploring the relationship -- Turkey : democracy and the dynamics of secularism -- Malaysia : Islam and nationalism in a semidemocratic state -- Pakistan : democracy after Islamization? -- Bangladesh : politicized Islam in a debilitated democracy -- Mali : a least-likely case of democratization -- Indonesia : democratization amid competing visions of Islam -- Senegal : Sufi brotherhoods, secularism, and gradual democratization -- The Arab Spring and Muslim democracy : looking back, looking forward