Turkey, Islamists and democracy :

Atasoy, Yıldız, 1961-

Turkey, Islamists and democracy : transition and globalization in a Muslim State / Yildiz Atasoy. - Reprinted edition. - xii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Library of modern Middle East studies ; 48 .

Reprinted for First edition 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Islam in global politics: theoretical perspectives -- A secular vision of modernity -- The Islamist search for selfhood --
The Cold War and the creation of a national bourgeoisie -- The Islamist national view -- Cosmopolitan Islamists and globalization -- Turkish Islamists in the post-Cold War state system.

Turkey, Islamists and Democracy is the story of Islam's engagement with the reorganization of the global economy. Yildiz Atasoy examines the development of political Islam in Turkey within the context of the changing balance of domestic and international forces in the world economy and shows how it has taken on a highly sophisticated, cosmopolitan edge. By examining the incorporation of Islam into the existing.

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Islam and state.
Islam and state--Turkey.



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