Freedoms Delayed: Political Legacies of Islamic Law in the Middle East

Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface
Part I - The Modern Middle East\'s Authoritarian Face
	1.Islam and Political Underdevelopment
	2.Explaining Illiberalism, Identifying Opportunities for Liberalization
Part II - Persistent Social Atomization
	3.Nongovernmental Organizations under Islamic Law
	4.The Political Impotence of Islamic Waqfs
	5.Waqf Corruption and Its Degradation of Civic Life
6.The Islamic Waqf\'s Long Civic Shadow
Part III - Religious Repression
	7.Religious Freedoms in Middle Eastern History
	8.The Marginalization of Islam
	9.The Resurgence of Assertive Islamism
	10.Religious Diversification, in Fact and in Law
	11.The Absence of Liberal Islamic Schisms
Part IV - Economic Hindrances
	12.Unshackled States, Shallow Economic Governance
	13.Politically Powerless Entrepreneurs and Enterprises
	14.Islamism\'s Missed Opportunities to Promote Liberalism
Part V - Conclusion
	15.Islamic Institutions and Muslim Freedoms
Notes
Bibliography
Index