Islam's democracy paradox: Muslims claim to like democracy, so why do they have so little?

Public Choice

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 273-299

  Rowley, Charles K ^a   Smith, Nathanael ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Islam; Islamic democracy deficit; Islamic freedom deficit; Islamic heartland; Islamic religious freedom deficit; Muslim

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349272596     PISSN: 00485829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11127-008-9393-8     Document Type: Article

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