ISBN : 9782296065321
MEASURING POLITICAL AUTHORITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG
Emile Sahliyeh
The Iast two decades of the 20 th century witnessed the introduction of democratic and market reforms and improvement in the status of human rights in several parts of the world. The Islamic World has not been excluded from this trend as the question of democracy and human rights has received considerable attention from the academic community and the political activists. Many of the Islamic countries also in Africa and Asia introduced democratic and economic reforms in reaction to rising economic hardships and popular demands for governmental accountability and respect to human rights. Countries such...