Beschreibung:
Focusing on Turkey and Malaysia, this book examines the problems of identity experienced in these countries because of their position on the Islamic periphery.
Introduction; Part 1 The Islamic identity crisis; Chapter 1 Identity crisis in the Islamic Periphery; Part 2 The Islamic dilemma; Chapter 2 Islamic underdevelopment; Chapter 3 The Islamic social contract; Chapter 4 Islam and economic development; Part 3 Development in the Islamic Periphery; Chapter 5 Nationalism confronts Islam; Chapter 6 Turkish etatism; Chapter 7 Malaysian development by trusteeship; Part 4 Development in the Islamic Periphery; Chapter 8 Islam, the modern state and imperfect competition; Chapter 9 Privatizing the Malaysian economy; Chapter 10 Privatizing the Turkish economy; Part 5 Conclusion; Chapter 11 Responsible development in the Islamic Periphery;