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Vying for Allah's vote : understanding Islamic parties, political violence, and extremism in Pakistan /
What is driving political extremism in Pakistan? In early 2011, the prominent Pakistani politician Salmaan Taseer was assassinated by a member of his own security team for insulting Islam by expressing views in support of the rights of women and religious minorities. Benazir Bhutto, the former prime...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, DC :
Georgetown University Press,
[2013]
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| Colección: | South Asia in world affairs series.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 Islam and Democracy in Pakistan; Islamic Confessional Parties; Party Types and Extremism: The Sharia-Secularism Continuum; Muslim Democracy in Pakistan; The Rise of Muslim Pakistan; Democracy in Pakistan; The Role of Religion and Islamic Parties; Plan of the Volume; CHAPTER 3 Islamic Parties in Pakistan; Party Formation in Developed Democracies; Party Formation in Developing Democracies; Islamist Party Formation; The Sharia-Secular Model of Confessional Party Behavior.
- Islamic Confessional Party OrganizationTypology of Islamic Confessional Parties in Pakistan; CHAPTER 4 Muslim Democratic Parties: Origins and Characteristics; Ideology and Structure; Pakistani Independence; Modern Muslim Democrats: The Muslim League and Its Competitors; CHAPTER 5 Islamist Parties: Origins and Characteristics; Jamaat-e-Islami: A Hierarchical Islamist Party; Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam: A Network Islamist Party; Islamist Parties: Shared Assets and Obstacles; CHAPTER 6 Islamic Voters in Pakistan: Motives and Behavior; Survey Hypotheses; Survey Analysis.
- CHAPTER 7 Political Strategy: When Extremism WorksPakistan Muslim League: Moving toward the Right; Jamaat-e-Islami: Associating with Violence to Secure Votes; Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam: Using Religious Spaces as a Party of the Masses; The JUl as Incumbents: Modernization and Extremism; The JI as Incumbents: Moderation and Extremism; The Limits of Strategic Positioning: The Case of the ANP; CHAPTER 8 Lessons Learned: How Pakistan Informs the Arab Spring and Afghanistan; Signaling Credible Commitments and the Sharia- Secular Model: A Rational Choice Explanation for Islamic Parties.
- Egypt: Islamic Parties Fighting for a Seat at the TableBangladesh: Divergent Islamic Trends from Pakistan; Afghanistan: Why Islamic Party Origins Matter; Morocco: Where Incumbency Leads to Moderation; Conclusion: Why Pakistan Matters; CHAPTER 9 Foreign Policy Implications and New Trends; Islamic Activism in the Twenty-First Century; The Future Is Now; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.