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In 1998, Indonesia's military government collapsed, creating a crisis that many believed would derail its democratic transition. Yet the world's most populous M

Examines the impact of the Gulen movement on the contemporary Muslim world.

This book analyzes the nature of the relationship between religion and politics by using democracy in the Muslim world and the phenomenon of the Arab Spring as

Compares experiences of the Arab Spring for a comprehensive account of how nations handled the challenge of democratic consolidation.