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| Democracy, Islam and Secularism |
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| Start Date: | 10/13/2011 | Start Time: | 6:00 PM |
| End Date: | 10/13/2011 | End Time: | 7:30 PM |
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Event Description
Why are four-fifths of 45 Muslim-majority countries ruled by authoritarian regimes whereas only two-fifths of 193 countries in the world are autocracies?
Ahmet T. Kuru, associate professor of political science at San Diego University, will examine why Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia have such a high ratio of authoritarianism by analyzing the countries as individual multiple geographic regions. Using topics such as regional influence of economy and foreign debt, rentier economies, oil money, and “no representation, without taxation”, Kuru will address the puzzle of democracy’s presence in Muslim-majority countries, resulting from economic and geographic conditions, rather than religion, gender or ethnic identities.
Ahmet T. Kuru is the author of Secularism and State Policies toward Religion: The United States, France, and Turkey (Cambridge University Press, 2009), co-author (with Alfred Stepan) of Democracy, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey (Columbia University Press, 2011) and holds the chair of the American Political Science Association’s religion and politics section. |
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Campus Department
Political Science |
Event is open to the public
Yes |
Event is open to
Students (A&S)Students (Crummer)Students (Holt)Alumni (Crummer)Alumni (Holt)FacultyStaffPublicAlumni (A&S) |
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