This dissertation examines Islamic collective action and patterns of mobilization in Jordan. Some Islamic movement groups mobilize through formal, grassroots organizations in civil society, while others operate through informal social networks. I argue that the differing pattern…
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The increase of cultural and political tensions in contemporary Algeria has caused francophone Algerian novelists to focus their writings on the notion of history. This approach has led them to redefine and interrogate their own positioning as intellectuals who are still using t…
This dissertation examines modern Arab Muslim literature on 'religious Others' from the overlapping perspectives of Islamic Studies, History of Religions, and Western hermeneutic philosophy. The broad basis for our analysis encompasses over four hundred books on religions other …
The purpose of this research was to examine why a vast number of incarcerated African-American males embrace the Islamic faith, and what makes the religion so compelling to them. The study also investigated the influence of the conversion on the subjects. A case study was utiliz…
Contemporary scholarship has tended to describe Muslim juristic discourses on politics as either quietist or activist-idealist or pragmatist. These categories, however, are unhelpful in understanding the subtleties of the legal discourses on resistance and rebellion. Furthermore…
This dissertation is an in-depth case study of the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and its relations with the Indonesian state during the New Order period (1984-1997). The dissertation analyses the choices and behavior of an organization operating within the constraints of an authoritarian…
Riverfront was once an important part of early civilization. Many cities grew and prospered in commerce, industry and transport along the major rivers. The early movement of people and materials was dependent upon water as transportation. However, with the decline of traditional…
The concept of identity became popular among International Studies scholars in the aftermath of the Cold War, an era rife with ethnic confrontations across th world. Post-modern scholars brought the Foucauldian concept of identity making through the relationship with the “Other”…
Globalization, Informal Markets and the Collective Action. The Development of Islamic and Ethnic Politics in Egypt, Sudan and Somalia explains why structurally similar relationships to the international economy produce very different domestic political outcomes. Egypt, Sudan and…
This dissertation is an examination of some of the divergent forces influencing Islamic university student activists during a period of momentous societal transition. It is intended to provide a means for understanding the relationships between proponents of two overlapping soci…
A city is more than a physical imprint. Through its architecture and human use of urban space, it is an extension of its residents, an expression of their culture. This investigation is situated within the domain of urban historical geography, focusing on both humanistic and str…
The purpose of this study was to identify directions for improving elementary teacher education in the Islamic Republic of Iran. This exploratory study examined three conceptual themes: (1) the characteristics of productive teacher education, (2) the context for teacher educatio…
This dissertation uses a methodology based on the analysis of archaeological and documentary evidence to investigate the domestic architecture, city plan and urban development of the city of Ascalon in the Byzantine and Islamic periods. It develops an archaeological application …
This dissertation, intended as a contribution to the fields of Islamic Urban Studies and Moroccan Jewish History, concerns the history of the mellah [Jewish quarter] of the southern Moroccan city of Marrakech. It argues that Moroccan society (like any society) acts on its enviro…
This dissertation argues for the existence of a highly commercialized and industrializing economy during the Umayyad period (661–750 C.E.), with unprecedented levels of trade and production localized in cities of Bilād al-Shām (Greater Syria). It also seeks to demonstrate that t…
The thesis studies problems of capital accumulation in the context of 20th century Middle Eastern economic development. It examines three debates using the tools of quantitative economic analysis. Each chapter analyzes the determinants of capital accumulation under specific inst…
Transitions from authoritarian/totalitarian forms of rule to democratic ones have become the subject of renewed interest. This ran be traced in large measure to the collapse of communism and the growth of democracy world-wide. Some have seen it as a triumph for democracy, while …
Islamic clerics have both supported and undermined regimes in the Middle East. Egyptian clerics, in the 1980s and 1990s, discredited Islamic extremists intent on overthrowing the government. In contrast, Iran's ayatollahs helped depose the Shah in 1979. The disparity in clerical…
This exploratory research focused on the effects of religious oppression on Muslim Lebanese women's status and civil rights. As a qualitative study of inequity, oppression, and empowerment, the research was guided by a narrative-interpretivist approach and governed by the femini…