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Roy demonstrates that the Islamic Fundamentalism of today is still the Third Worldism of the 1960s: populist politics and mixed economies of laissez-faire for the rich and subsidies for the poor. In Roy’s formulation, those marching today beneath Islam’s green banners are the same as the “reds” of yesterday, with similarly dim prospects of success.

The Failure of Political Islam

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Roy demonstrates that the Islamic Fundamentalism of today is still the Third Worldism of the 1960s: populist politics and mixed... Read more

    Publisher: Harvard University Press
    Publication Date: 8/30/1996 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780674291416, 978-0674291416
    ISBN10: 0674291417

    Number of Pages: 256

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

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    Roy demonstrates that the Islamic Fundamentalism of today is still the Third Worldism of the 1960s: populist politics and mixed economies of laissez-faire for the rich and subsidies for the poor. In Roy’s formulation, those marching today beneath Islam’s green banners are the same as the “reds” of yesterday, with similarly dim prospects of success.

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