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Between Islam and the State: The Politics of Engagement

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Description for Between Islam and the State: The Politics of Engagement Paperback. Examines how shifting power dynamics between the state and Islamic forces during the 1990s have transformed both Islam and the Turkish state. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HRH; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.

Throughout the Middle East, the clash between Islamic forces and authoritarian states has undermined many democratization efforts. But in Turkey, Islamic actors—from the Gülen movement to the pro-Islamist Justice and Development Party—have been able to negotiate the terms of secular liberal democracy. This book explores the socio-political conditions and cultural venues in which Islamic movements cease to confront and start to cooperate with secular states.

Though both the Gülen and JP have ambivalent attitudes toward individual freedoms and various aspects of civil society, their continuing engagements with the state have encouraged democracy in Turkey. As they contest issues of ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804755016
SKU
V9780804755016
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99-50

About Berna Turam
Berna Turam is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Middle East Studies at Hampshire College.

Reviews for Between Islam and the State: The Politics of Engagement
"Berna Turam's book is one of the best to have been published recently on the interaction between Islam and the secular state in Turkey . . . Her study stands as an excellent analysis of what one might call 'Turkish exceptionalism.' As such, it is must reading of anyone who wishes to understand contemporary Turkey and the implications of the ... Read more

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