States without Citizens: Understanding the Islamic Crisis (Praeger Security International)
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (936 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0313355908 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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John W. He was twice deployed to Baghdad as a senior advisor in the Iraqi national security arena and served as Senior Advisor to the military and technical schools of the Saudi Arabian National Guard. He took his PhD in Near Eastern studies and Arabic from the University of Chicago.. He is retired from the U.S. He is Adjunct Professor of International Relations at Webster University, Fort Bragg-Pope
To mitigate the violence engendered by the Islamic crisis, culturally authentic institutions must be created that will instill a civic ethics of common cause and public service. Terrorist 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. 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.The ideals of civic activism and public service that inspired the Western Renaissance are absent in the Islamic world. The Islamic states, whose borders were arbitrarily imposed by Western states, are beset by pervasive socioeconomic problemsauthoritarian rule, economic inequities, educational shortcomings, development project failures, sexual frustrationthat 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. Islamic religio-moral ethics aim at salvation; Islamic social ethics aim at clan dominance. The author recommends this approach for policy makers and development managers and deplores the dangerous vacuit
Crazy Horse said Difference Between the West and the Islamic World. Dr. Jandora, a Middle East scholar, earned his BA in Government and International Relations at Georgetown University in 1969, a master's degree in Arabic and Islamic History from the University of Chicago in 197Difference Between the West and the Islamic World Crazy Horse Dr. Jandora, a Middle East scholar, earned his BA in Government and International Relations at Georgetown University in 1969, a master's degree in Arabic and Islamic History from the University of Chicago in 1974, and a doctorate in Near Eastern History at the University of Chicago in 1981.He is the aut. , and a doctorate in Near Eastern History at the University of Chicago in 1981.He is the aut. Not one wasted sentence. Dr. Jandora explains a problem and its solution elegantly and succinctly. His observations are without judgment. His discussion is scholarly without being long-winded or pretentious. My copy is well-highlighted.. "Stateless Muslims" according to William Garrison Jr.. The author is a retired U.S. Marine Corps officer who dutifully served America in Vietnam and in the Middle East (c.2005 AD?). As a fellow U.S. Army officer, I salute his duty; we've both supported the SOF at Ft. Bragg. Okay, we've got that issue out of the way. The author wrote almost a full sixty-six
Yet in addition to explaining how the societies arrived at their differing positions, Dr. "States Without Citizens is an excellent, scholarly study of the difference between the West and the Islamic world over concepts Westerners usually assume have universal meaning, such as freedom and citizenship. For anyone in the diplomatic, military, business, or educational field dealing with any portion of the Islamic world, this small book will be truly invaluable." - American Diplomacy. Jandora makes specific recommendations for establishing civic ethics and the concept of public service in Islamic societies that are based on Islamic cultural experiences