Vol. 7 (1997) Civil society democracy and the Muslim world
Papers read at a conference held a the SRII, 28-30 October, 1996
eds. E. Özdalga & S. Person
143 p., ISBN 07007-10-531, 230 SEK

Contents:
1. B. Beckman, Explaining democratization, notes on the concept of civil society
2. I. Sunar, Civil society and Islam
3. S.J. Al-Azm, Is Islam secularizable
4. B. Tibi, The cultural underpinning of civil society in Islamic civilization: Islam
and democracy - bridges between the civilizations.
5. S.E. Ibrahim, From Taliban to Erbakan, The case of Islam, civil society and
democracy
6. G. Therborn, Beyond civil society: Democratic experiences and their relevance
to the "Middle East"
7. M. Sariolghalam, Prospects for civil society in the Middle East: An analysis of
cultural impediments
8. L. Köker, National identity and state ligitimacy: Contradictions of Turkey's
democratic experience
9. E. Özdalga, Civil society and its enemies: Reflections on a debate in the light
of recent developments within the Islamic student movement in Turkey
10. E. Özbudun, Civil society and democratic consolidation in Turkey
11. Å. Lundgren, The European Union as a democracy-promoter
12. I. Brandell, Labour, civil society and democratization in North Africa
13. O. Törnquist, Civil society and divisive politicisation: experiences from popular
efforts at democratisation in Indonesia