Effect of Islam's Role in State Nationalism on the Islamization of Government: Case Studies of Turkey and Pakistan
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[Thesis]
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Raja M. Ali Saleem
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Goldstone, Jack A.
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George Mason University
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2015
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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686
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Committee members: Lyons, Terrence; Mandaville, Peter; Rozell, Mark J.
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-53514-2
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
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Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Public Policy
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George Mason University
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2015
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Why are governments Islamizing in many Muslim-majority countries? Scholars have linked this phenomenon to the authoritarian regimes' lack of legitimacy or the presence of powerful disruptive Islamist movements. These explanations, however, fail to explain the phenomenon. This dissertation, using comparative historical analysis of Turkey and Pakistan, argues that Islam's role in state nationalism is the primary reason for the Islamization of government. The indicators used to measure Islam's role in state nationalism are constitutional provisions, national symbols, and banknote imagery while Islamization of government is estimated by focusing on religious education, religious basis of family law, and the ministry of religious affairs' presence and functions.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Religion; Political science; Public policy
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Philosophy, religion and theology;Social sciences;Islamization;Nationalism;Pakistan;Political Islam;Religious nationalism;Turkey