Berger, L orcid.org/0000-0001-7846-804X (2019) Sharīʻa, Islamism and Arab support for democracy. Democratization, 26 (2). pp. 309-326. ISSN 1351-0347
Abstract
The Arab Spring and its aftermath reignited the debate over the relationship between Islamism and democracy. This analysis improves upon previous research by demonstrating the crucial contribution which a more precise understanding of the multiple meanings of the concept of Sharīʻa can have on our assessment of the future of democracy in the Arab world. While support for the Sharīʻa-conformity of laws has a positive impact on the preference for democracy, the insistence that Sharīʻa represents the word of God as opposed to the human attempt to interpret it reduces support for democracy. These findings are of considerable significance for academics and policy-makers interested in the future of democracy in the Arab world as it suggests that generic expressions of support for Sharīʻa are less relevant in explaining support for democracy than what Arab women and men consider to be its essence.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Democratization on 04 Oct 2018, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/13510347.2018.1527316. |
Keywords: | Sharīʻa; Islamism; Democracy; Arab Spring; Gender Equality; Religious Freedom; Public Opinion |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Sep 2018 11:17 |
Last Modified: | 04 Apr 2020 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/13510347.2018.1527316 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:135967 |