Political Islam, Justice and Governance

• Main Author: Lo, Mbaye (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Political Economy of Islam
• Subjects: Middle East-Politics and government.; Political economy.; Religion and politics.; Terrorism.; Political violence.; Peace.; Middle Eastern Politics.; International Political Economy.; Politics and Religion.; Terrorism and Political Violence.; Conflict Studies.

This book argues that political Islam (represented by its moderate and militant forms) has failed to govern effectively or successfully due to its inability to reconcile its discursive understanding of Islam, centered on literal justice, with the dominant neo-liberal value of freedom. Consequently,...