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Re-examining the debate on Islam and democracy, the authors look at
the relationship between competitive elections and levels of economic
development in both Arab Muslim majority countries and non-Arab Muslim
majority countries. While the performance gap in terms of electoral
competition in Arab Muslim majority countries is widely recognized,
less noticed is the fact that the non-Arab Muslim majority subset
includes many "greatly over-achieving" countries, vis-�-vis
contested elections. The authors demonstrate this using a combination
of quantitative and qualitative evidence, and set out what this implies
for Middle Eastern politics and the study of democracy and religion.

Drawing on the work of leading scholars as well as policy makers and analysts, this volume offers the most comprehensive and accessible exploration to date of the major puzzles, issues, and questions surrounding the complex and increasingly visible role of religion in world affairs

Comparative theory and political practice : do we need a "state-nation" model as well as a "nation-state" model? -- India as a state-nation : shared political community amidst deep cultural diversity -- Four Indian cases that challenge state-nation theory? -- Tamils in India : how state-nation policies helped construct multiple but complementary identities -- Tamils in Sri Lanka : how nation-state policies helped construct polar and conflictual identities -- Ukraine : state-nation policies in a unitary state -- Federacy : a formula for democratically managing multinational societies in unitary states -- The U.S. federal model and multinational societies : some problems for democratic theory and practice

Enthält Rezensionen u.a. von: Linz, Juan J. ; Stepan, Alfred: Problems of democratic transition and consolidation. - Baltimore/Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996