How Muslims View Democracy: Evidence from Central Asia

Issue Date October 2002
Volume 13
Issue 4
Page Numbers 102-111
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What do Muslims think about democracy? Although reliable evidence is hard to come by, survey data from Central Asia open a window on this matter of vital concern in the Muslim world and beyond.

Further Reading

Volume 5, Issue 1

Kyrgyzstan: The Trials of Independence

Volume 33, Issue 1

Kyrgyzstan’s Poison Parliament

Kyrgyzstan’s parliamentary-style constitution was a democratic bright spot in Central Asia. But the legislature quickly devolved into a corrupt bazaar, dimming its democratic prospects.

Volume 13, Issue 3

Clans, Pacts, and Politics in Central Asia

This region’s five republics have just lived through a remarkable first decade of independence that raises questions about “preconditions”-based theories of democratization.