After Jihad: America and the struggle for Islamic democracy

Preface to the paperback edition

The revolution that wasn't

Islam and democracy in contact

pt. 1 The idea of Islamic democracy

Islamic democracy, not Islamist democracy

Islam, the West, and the question of opposition

Islam and democracy as mobile ideas

The resilience of Islam

God's rule and the people's rule

Islamic equality

Islamic liberty

The universality of mobile ideas

pt. 2. Varieties of Islamic democracy

Democratization and Muslim reality : an overview

Iran : Islamic democracy in the balance

Turkey : the outlier

Islam and democracy in South and Southeast Asia : mobility and possibility

Pakistan : the Islamic state and the struggle for stability

The diversity of the Arabs

Monarchies with oil : the Rentier state in action

Kings without oil

The dictators and the Islamists : the puzzle of Egypt

Regime change and its consequences : dictators with oil

The big picture : Islam, democracy, and the contact of mobile ideas

pt. 3. The necessity of Islamic democracy

Why democracy? The pragmatic argument

Neutralizing anti-Americanism by refuting it

Doing the right thing

How to do it

Democracy's Muslim allies

Imagining an Islamic democracy

After Jihad

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index.