Islam and Politics in the Middle East
Explaining the Views of Ordinary Citizens
Published on 22. June 2015
264 pages
978-0-253-01657-7 (ISBN)
Description
Some of the most pressing questions in the Middle East and North Africa today revolve around the proper place of Islamic institutions and authorities in governance and political affairs. Drawing on data from 42 surveys carried out in fifteen countries between 1988 and 2011, representing the opinions of more than 60,000 men and women, this study investigates the reasons that some individuals support a central role for Islam in government while others favor a separation of religion and politics. Utilizing his newly constructed Carnegie Middle East Governance and Islam Dataset, which has been placed in the public domain for use by other researchers, Mark Tessler formulates and tests hypotheses about the views held by ordinary citizens, offering insights into the individual and country-level factors that shape attitudes toward political Islam.
Reviews / Votes
Although the book does not change the state of our knowledge of the trends in opinion among Muslims on social and political issues, it is still different from surveys conducted by think thanks and institutes in that it provides a great deal of nuance, explanation and caution in reading the findings. * Journal of Islamic Studies * Tessler (Univ. of Michigan) analyzes the Carnegie data set surveys conducted in 15 Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and North Africa from 1988 to 2011. . . Recommended. * Choice *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bloomington, IN
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student and over
Illustrations
62 Tables, black and white
File size
9,28 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-253-01657-7 (9780253016577)
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06/2015
Indiana University Press
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Person
Mark Tessler is Samuel J. Eldersveld Collegiate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. He is author of Public Opinion in the Middle East: Survey Research and the Political Orientations of Ordinary Citizens (IUP, 2011), A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Second Edition (IUP, 2009), and editor (with Jodi Nachtwey and Anne Banda) of Area Studies and Social Science: Strategies for Understanding Middle East Politics (IUP, 1999).
Content
A Note on the Carnegie Middle East Governance and Islam Dataset
Introduction: The Decline and Resurgence of Islam in the Twentieth Century
1. A Two-Level Study of Attitudes Toward Political Islam: Data and Methods
2. Islam in the Lives of Ordinary Muslims
3. Why Individuals Hold Different Views about Islam's Political Role
4. How and Why Explanations Vary across Countries
Conclusion: What We Know and What Comes Next
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Introduction: The Decline and Resurgence of Islam in the Twentieth Century
1. A Two-Level Study of Attitudes Toward Political Islam: Data and Methods
2. Islam in the Lives of Ordinary Muslims
3. Why Individuals Hold Different Views about Islam's Political Role
4. How and Why Explanations Vary across Countries
Conclusion: What We Know and What Comes Next
Notes
Bibliography
Index
