States Without Citizens: Understanding the Islamic CrisisTerrorist attacks on America and its allies and persistent violence in the Islamic world point to a crisis in Islamic society, which States without Citizens attributes to an unfulfilled quest for an Islamic renaissance. The Islamic states, whose borders were arbitrarily imposed by Western states, are beset by pervasive socioeconomic problems—authoritarian rule, economic inequities, educational shortcomings, development project failures, sexual frustration—that are being exploited by radical Islamists. Native attempts to modernize Islamic society by adopting Western ways have repeatedly foundered because they have sought to replicate the trappings of state power while neglecting their foundation in civic ethics. To mitigate the violence engendered by the Islamic crisis, the author recommends that culturally authentic institutions must be created that will instill a civic ethics of common cause and public service. |
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... citizen " are closely linked in American — and Western - political discourse . As with freedom , the deeper meaning of citizen cannot be taken for granted . In a general sense , the concept of citizenship has the two elements of ...
... citizen , therefore , will nec- essarily vary according to the constitution in each case . " 3 In fact , in both ancient Greece and Rome , citizenship was a privilege of the few . In the " democracy " of the Greek city - states , women ...
... citizenship is bound to the existence of a state is best shown by the fact that a stateless person is not a citizen.13 Today , the international com- munity recognises the former's " Human Rights , " but only a state can bestow on him ...
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Cultures in History | 13 |
Contrast in Ethics | 27 |
Critique of Endeavors | 53 |
Copyright | |
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