Globalisation or Recolonisation? The Muslim World in the 21st Century

In this accessible and carefully researched text, the authors broach one of the most urgent issues thrown up by the process of contemporary globalisation - the future of the Muslim World. Going beyond the rhetoric of a clash of civilizations, their richly informed analysis probes the key material links between economic underdevelopment and Western-Islamic cultural relations. This book will be a vital reading for anyone who wishes to understand the roots of the current high-profile tension in global politics and to think beyond these conflicts towards the task of building a just and peaceful global order.