Islamic Constitutions and Democracy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6338707 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Moamen Gouda (0000-0002-6685-7264, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea), Shimaa Hanafy (0000-0002-2998-3296, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 994-1005 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1065912921991241 |
| OpenAlex | W3172728518 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 67 |
There is an ongoing debate on the relationship between Islam and (lack of) democracy. Considerable literature shows that Islam, represented as an informal institution by Muslim population share, has a negative effect on democracy. This study examines the effects of formal institutions, specifically constitutions that prescribe Islamic law ( Shari’a ) as a source of legislation, on democracy. We use a newly developed coding of the degree to which Islam is incorporated in constitutions. Our empirical results show that the constitutional entrenchment of Islamic law has a negative and significant effect on democracy. Our findings are robust to using different estimators and instrumental variable regressions, employing alternative measures of democracy and controlling for Muslim population, natural resource wealth, and additional control variables. While we show that Islamic constitutionalism is a reason for a democracy deficit in Muslim-majority countries, we find no evidence that Islam is inimical to democracy when not entrenched in the constitution
Constitution · Constitutionalism · Democracy · Development economics · Econometrics · Economics · Instrumental variable · Islam · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Theology · Corruption and Economic Development · Demography · Law · Philosophy · Political Conflict and Governance · Taxation and Compliance Studies
The Role and Evolution of Beliefs, Habits, Moral Norms, and Institutions
Islam and Democracy
The Oil Curse
Are Muslims Distinctive?
The Economic Effects of Constitutions
The Endurance of National Constitutions
Understanding the Process of Economic Change
Culture and Institutions
Democracy and growth
The Evidence on Globalisation
Income and Democracy
Natural Resources
Regime types and regime change
Does globalization affect growth? Evidence from a new index of globalization
Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance
The rule of law and Islam
Critical Citizens
Constitutions in a Nonconstitutional World
Democracy in the Arab World
Totalitarianism, Terrorism and Supreme Values
The American Ethos
Institutions and the Path to the Modern Economy
Spiritual Values, Religious Practices, and Democratic Attitudes
Islamic constitutionalism and rule of law
The KOF Globalisation Index – revisited
Formal and Informal Institutions and Development
A new data set of educational attainment in the world, 1950–2010
The political consequences of Islam’s economic legacy
Democracy and dictatorship revisited
Islamic constitutions and religious minorities
Positive constitutional economics II—a survey of recent developments
Islam and democracy
The determinants of democracy
Islam and democracy
Missing the Third Wave
Trade and Geography in the Spread of Islam
Where does religion meet democracy? A comparative analysis of attitudes in Europe
Informal Institutions
Islam and Authoritarianism
Islam, Authoritarianism, and Female Empowerment
The Impact of International Trade on Democracy
Islamic Religiosity and Regime Preferences
Islam, Religious Outlooks, and Support for Democracy
Jewish Religiosity and Political Attitudes in the United States and Israel
The Effect of Religiosity on Endorsement of Democratic Values
Extreme Bounds of Democracy
Does Foreign Aid Promote Democracy
Islam and Democracy in the Middle East
Democratic Transitions
Islamic Culture, Oil, and Women's Rights Revisited
Does Oil Hinder Democracy
The quality of government
Legal Roots of Authoritarian Rule in the Middle East
Islam, Democracy, and Constitutional Liberalism
Some Social Requisites of Democracy
Oil, Islam, and Women
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |