Islam and Democracy

Perspectives on the Arab Spring
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4438-4714-8
Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 245 Seiten

The electoral success of Islamist parties in the Middle East and North Africa in the wake of the Arab Spring has been welcomed by their Islamist proponents that were under pressure from their former ruling regimes. However, their success has been met with concerns and fears by secularists and religious minorities in these countries. The question of whether this Arab Islamic awakening represents a step forward or backward for human rights and democracy came to the agenda because of the possibility of the marginalization of those rights by fundamentalists religious political parties or groups. This book explores changes in the Middle East and North Africa in the aftermath of the Arab Spring by giving a brief history of developments. It discusses the types of challenges that these countries have faced, and continue to face, during their democratic transitions. It offers readers a more complete overview of the complex and interrelated aspects of the Arab Spring and the roles of Islam and democracy in these ongoing developments.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ünver Noi, Aylin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Der Islam und die Moderne (Westliche) Welt
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politik & Religion, Religionsfreiheit
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Theokratische und religiöse Ideologien

Über Autor(innen)

Ünver Noi, Aylin
Aylin Ünver Noi is an Assistant Professor in the International Relations Department in the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Gedik University, Istanbul. She is also Vice-Director of the European Union Application and Research Center at Gedik University. She holds an MA and a PhD in European Union Politics and International Relations from the European Union Institute, Marmara University, Istanbul, and a BA in International Relations from Bilkent University, Ankara. Dr Noi is the author of The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and the Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative: Competing or Complementary Projects? (published in English by the University Press of America, Lanham, MD, 2011) and The Rise of Nationalism in Europe (published in Turkish by IQ Publishers, Istanbul, 2007), as well as several articles on the Arab Spring.

Aylin Ünver Noi is an Assistant Professor in the International Relations Department in the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Gedik University, Istanbul. She is also Vice-Director of the European Union Application and Research Center at Gedik University. She holds an MA and a PhD in European Union Politics and International Relations from the European Union Institute, Marmara University, Istanbul, and a BA in International Relations from Bilkent University, Ankara. Dr Noi is the author of The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership and the Broader Middle East and North Africa Initiative: Competing or Complementary Projects? (published in English by the University Press of America, Lanham, MD, 2011) and The Rise of Nationalism in Europe (published in Turkish by IQ Publishers, Istanbul, 2007), as well as several articles on the Arab Spring.