Explaining the origins of Islamic resurgence: Islamic revivalism in Egypt and Indonesia
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A comparison of Islamic revivalism in Indonesia and Egypt is one way to assess the extent to which revivalism is linked to political and social crises. Evidence shows that there is a link between such crises and Islamic revivalism in both countries. There was an increase in corruption, a deteriorating economy and a legitimacy crisis for the political leadership which coincided with the growth of Islamic revivalism in both countries. Yet there is less evidence of a link between revivalism and urbanization in Indonesia than there is of such a link in Egypt.
Publication Name: The Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0278-839X
Year: 1997
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Explaining collective violence in India: social cleavages and their consequences
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Collective violence in India is more due to political differences than the divisions on the basis of religion, language and caste. There are two reasons for this phenomenon. Most of the political parties in India (such as Communists, Bharatiya Janata Party) treat themselves as cadre-based organizations having intensive resocialization programs which lead to violence against nonmembers. Secondly, parties most of the time represent linguistic groups, regions, castes, religions, classes and labor unions which leads to clash of interests of different groups.
Publication Name: Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 1057-610X
Year: 1995
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Biography of heinous criminals: culture, family violence, and prisonization
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Mikal Gilmore's 'Shot in the Heart' and Fox Butterfield's 'All God's Children: The Bosket Family and the American Tradition of Violence' discuss the possible relationship between violent crime and family culture. Altogether the subjects of the two authors differ in terms of race and social class, they both experienced family lives deprived of good role models and characterized by abuse and violence. Gilmore and Butterfield suggest that violent criminal tendencies are deeply rooted in dysfunctional and violent family backgrounds.
Publication Name: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency
Subject: Sociology and social work
ISSN: 0022-4278
Year: 1996
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