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RELIGION, GLOBALIZATION AND POLITICAL CULTURE IN THE THIRD WORLD Also by Jeff Haynes RELIGION IN THIRD WORLD POLITICS RELIGION AND POLITICS IN AFRICA THIRD WORLD POLITICS: A Concise Introduction DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE THIRD WORLD RELIGION IN GLOBAL POLITICS Religion, Globalization and Political Culture in the Third World Edited by Jeff Haynes Reader in Politics London Guildhall University First published in Great Britain 1999 by MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndrnills, Basingstoke, Hampshire R021 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978-1-349-27040-8 ISBN 978-1-349-27038-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-27038-5 First published in the United States of America 1999 by ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC., Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 ISBN 978-0-312-21572-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Religion, globalization, and political culture in the Third World 1 edited by Jeff Haynes. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-312-21572-9 (cloth) 1. Religion and politics-Developing countries. 2. Developing countries-Religion. I. Haynes, Jeffrey. BL65.P7R4344 1998 322'.I'091724-dc21 98-21079 CIP Selection, editorial matter, introduction and conclusion © Jeff Haynes 1999 Text © Macmillan Press Ltd 1999 except Chapter 6 © R. William Liddell 1999 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1999 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. 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This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00 99 Dedicated to the memory of N azih Ayubi Contents List of acronyms ix Notes on contributors x PART I Religion and Political Culture in the Third World: The Impact of Globalization 1 Introduction Jeff Haynes 3 2 Religion and International Society Scott Thomas 28 3 The Media and Religion in Third World Politics Vicky Randall 45 PART II Islam 4 The Politics of Islam in the Middle East with Special Reference to Egypt, Iran and Saudi Arabia NazihAyubi 71 5 Transformations of Mass Religious Culture in the Islamic Republic of Iran Fariba Adelkhah 93 6 The Islamic Turn in Indonesia: a Political Explanation R. William Liddle 112 PART III Christianity 7 Churches and Politics in Latin America: Catholicism Confronts Contemporary Challenges Jean Daudelin and W. E. Hewitt 141 8 Pentecostalism, Gerontocratic Rule and Democratization in Malawi: the Changing Position of the Young in Political Culture Rijk Van Dijk 164 vii viii Contents PART IV Hinduism and Buddhism 9 The Vishva Hindu Parishad: Structures and Strategies Christophe laffrelot 191 10 The Politics of Buddhism in Southeast Asia Duncan McCargo 213 11 Conclusion leff Haynes 240 Index 257 List of Acronyms AFORD Alliance for Democracy BJP Bharatiya Janata Party BSPP Burma Socialist Programme Party CBCs Christian Base Communities (Spanish: CEBs - Comunidades ec1esiales/ec1esiais de base) CDP Christian Democratic Party CLAI Latin American Council of Churches CONELA Latin American Confraternity HMI Himpunan Mahasiswa Islam lAIN Institut Agama Islam Negeri ICMI Ikatan Cendekiawan Muslim se-Indonesia ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross MCP Malawi Congress Party MNC multinational corporation MYP Malawi Youth Pioneers NAC Nyasaland Mrican Congress NLD National League for Democracy NU Nahdlatul Ulama PAC Public Affairs Committee PCD Presidential Committee on Dialogue PDI Partai Demokrasi Indonesia PNI Partai Nasional Indonesia PPP Partai Persatuan Pembangunan PSI Partai Sosialis Indonesia RSS Rashtriya Sevak Sangh SCOM Student Christian Organisation of Malawi SLORC State Law and Order Restoration Council UDF United Democratic Front VHP Vishva Hindu Parishad ix Notes on the Contributors Jeff Haynes is Reader in Politics at London Guildhall University where he teaches courses on Third World, International and African Politics. He is the author of Religion in Third World Politics (1993), Religion and Politics in Africa (1996), Third World Politics: A Concise Introduction (1996), Democracy and Civil Society in the Third World: Politics and New Political Movements (1997) and Religion in Global Politics (1998). Scott Thomas teaches in the Department of Economics and International Development at the University of Bath. He has published widely in the area of religion and politics. His current research interests include the political role of religion in the context of globalization. Vicky Randall is Reader in Government at Essex University and co editor of the Journal of Commonwealth and Comparative Studies. She is co-author (with Robin Theobald) of Political Change and Underdevelopment, and editor of Political Parties in the Third World. Her recent Third World research interests have included democrati zation, political parties and the media. Nazih N. Ayubi is a distinguished scholar of the Middle East; he graduated from Cairo University and obtained his doctorate from the University of Oxford in 1975. He was a lecturer in Politics at Cairo University until 1979, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California Los Angeles from 1979 to 1983, and joined the Department of Politics at the University of Exeter in 1983. At the latter, he was Reader in Politics and Director of the Middle East Politics Programme. Writing in both Arabic and English, he published extensively in his areas of specialization, including public policy and administration, and political economy, and much of his work has been translated into other languages. His most recent publi cations include Political Islam: Religion and Politics in the Arab World (Routledge, 1991), AI-Arab wa mushkilat al-dawla [The Arabs and the Problem of the State] (Al-Saqi, 1992), Distant Neighbours: The Political Economy of European/Middle Eastern Relations (ed.) 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