Governance in the Muslim world: Exploring the Post-WWII era

This paper is based on empirical data about power relationships and governance in the 47 Muslim Majority Countries (MMCs). The paper argues that most MMCs are not unique in relation to governmental systems and have owed predominantly to the “syncratic” character of states where the governance system...

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Main Author:	Quddus, S. M. Abdul
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	JQ Political institutions Asia
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/4063/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/4063/1/Nepal_confe_governance_in_MMCs_full_paper_pdf.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/4063/4/Conference_presentation_Nepal_doc.pdf

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spelling	iium-40632018-02-14T08:21:26Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/4063/ Governance in the Muslim world: Exploring the Post-WWII era Quddus, S. M. Abdul JQ Political institutions Asia This paper is based on empirical data about power relationships and governance in the 47 Muslim Majority Countries (MMCs). The paper argues that most MMCs are not unique in relation to governmental systems and have owed predominantly to the “syncratic” character of states where the governance system is based on clientelism (AKA the patron-client model of politics), commonly note the existence of loose coalition of both modern and traditional elites, who tend to foster economic and political changes without changing the complex privilege-obligation relationships among different unequal players or the status or “tradition” of the society. Our point of departure is that such a configuration of power relationships in MMCs have impinged on governance, conflicts and coercions, composition and imposition, as well as distribution of power in the MMCs. This paper draws the conclusion that the answer of the question of why democratic governance, autonomy and freedom of choice in administration, democracy, secularism, pluralism are not embedded in most MMCs, may be found in the explanation about influence of colonialism, the role and interests of individuals who occupy important political/administrative positions in the state-machineries, and the structural setting within which political acts are performed in the MMCs. 2011 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/4063/1/Nepal_confe_governance_in_MMCs_full_paper_pdf.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/4063/4/Conference_presentation_Nepal_doc.pdf Quddus, S. M. Abdul (2011) Governance in the Muslim world: Exploring the Post-WWII era. In: International Conference on "in Search of Better Governance: Challenges and Prospects", 29-30 June 2011, Tribhuvan University Campus, Kathmandu, Nepal . (Unpublished)
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description	This paper is based on empirical data about power relationships and governance in the 47 Muslim Majority Countries (MMCs). The paper argues that most MMCs are not unique in relation to governmental systems and have owed predominantly to the “syncratic” character of states where the governance system is based on clientelism (AKA the patron-client model of politics), commonly note the existence of loose coalition of both modern and traditional elites, who tend to foster economic and political changes without changing the complex privilege-obligation relationships among different unequal players or the status or “tradition” of the society. Our point of departure is that such a configuration of power relationships in MMCs have impinged on governance, conflicts and coercions, composition and imposition, as well as distribution of power in the MMCs. This paper draws the conclusion that the answer of the question of why democratic governance, autonomy and freedom of choice in administration, democracy, secularism, pluralism are not embedded in most MMCs, may be found in the explanation about influence of colonialism, the role and interests of individuals who occupy important political/administrative positions in the state-machineries, and the structural setting within which political acts are performed in the MMCs.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Quddus, S. M. Abdul
author_facet	Quddus, S. M. Abdul
author_sort	Quddus, S. M. Abdul
title	Governance in the Muslim world: Exploring the Post-WWII era
title_short	Governance in the Muslim world: Exploring the Post-WWII era
title_full	Governance in the Muslim world: Exploring the Post-WWII era
title_fullStr	Governance in the Muslim world: Exploring the Post-WWII era
title_full_unstemmed	Governance in the Muslim world: Exploring the Post-WWII era
title_sort	governance in the muslim world: exploring the post-wwii era
publishDate	2011
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/4063/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/4063/1/Nepal_confe_governance_in_MMCs_full_paper_pdf.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/4063/4/Conference_presentation_Nepal_doc.pdf
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Governance in the Muslim world: Exploring the Post-WWII era

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