Global political Islam

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mandaville, Peter G, 1971- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: thinking about Islam and politics in global perspective
  • Islam and politics: history and key concepts
  • State formation and the making of Islamism
  • Islam in the system: the evolution of Islamism as political strategy
  • Islam as the system: Islamic states and Islamization from above
  • Islam for lack of a system: Islamism in weak and failed states
  • Radical Islamism and jihad beyond the nation-state
  • Muslim transnationalism: brotherhoods, networks diasporas
  • Who speaks for Islam? religious authority in the global Umma
  • Beyond Islamism: globalization and Muslim politics
  • Appendix: key economic & political indicators for Muslim countries.