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An interdisciplinary group of scholars from the global North and South critically explore the global deepening of market economy models. In case studies including Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, they examine the associated tensions of livelihood and ecology in the current context of global economic crisis, considering issues of natural ecology, water use, health, childcare, technology and work, migration, and economic growth. The analysis of the complex connections between domestic and global dynamics across diverse cases and issues helps reveal that state-centric approaches are still hovering over the politics of restructuring through which conformity to economic growth is addressed.

Offering a unique opportunity to make conceptual connections between neoliberalism and political authority, this book€examines the€transformation in the world economy€ as an outcome of historically specific social relations.

The transformation of the Turkish state is examined here in the context of globalized frames of neo-liberal capitalism and contemporary schemas of Islamic politics. It shows how the historical emergence of two distinct yet intertwined imaginaries of state structuring, laiklik and Islam, continues to influence Turkish politics today.

""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Part I: Sociology of Globalization""; ""Chapter One ~ Explaining Globalization""; ""Part II: Economic Shaping of Globalization""; ""Chapter Two ~ Is Globalization a Reality, a Tendency or a Rationale for Neoliberal Economic Policies?""; ""Chapter Three ~ Undoing the End of History: Canada-Centred Reflections on the Challenge of Globalization""; ""Chapter Four ~ Explaining Local-Global Nexus: Muslim Politics in Turkey""; ""Part III: Global Politics: The Role of Non-Governmental and Governmental International Organizations""

In the wake of the protests that spread throughout the Middle East and North Africa in late 2010 and early 2011, Islamist movements of varying political persuasions have risen to prominence. This is especially the case in post-Mubarak Egypt and post-Ben Ali Tunisia. Popular Protest in the New Middle East examines Islamist approaches to political participation and integration and asks whether regional trends can be discerned with respect to either the strategy of disparate movements or the challenges they face. It offers analysis of the ideologies and actions of these movements, ranging from countries where Islamism is in control of the state as an Islamic theocracy (Iran), the ruling party (for example, Turkey), part of the ruling coalition (Lebanon), or a parliamentary minority (such as in Jordan or Yemen). Are Knudsen and Basem Ezbidi's analysis of the various experiences of protest, participation and integration make this book vital for researchers of the impact of religion on politics (and, indeed vice versa).