Islam And Democracy
Subtitle: The Failure of Dialogue in Algeria
Publisher: Pluto Press
Published: December 20, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780745319773
Subjects: Islamic studies; Political structures: democracy; Politics / Current Events; Islam - General; History; Social conditions; Political Ideologies - Democracy; History: World; Algeria; Islamic countries; Islam and politics; Africa - General; International Relations - General; Political Science / Democracy; Demonstrations; Politics and government,; Middle East - General; Islamic fundamentalism
First sentence: From the perspective of the political analyst, as much as from that of concerned citizens, the periods of political upheavals that completely redefine the social practices and institutional framework of a polity provide invaluable opportunities to question common assumptions about the logic of social change and the foundations of political order.