The egalitarian face of Islamic orthodoxy: Support for Islamic law and economic justice in seven Muslim- majority nations

American Sociological Review

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 167-190

  Davis, Nancy J ^a   Robinson, Robert V ^b  

^a DEPAUW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISLAMISM; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 33744735996     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b507854g     Document Type: Article

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