ISLAMIC MOVEMENTS - WINTER 2012

ISLAMIC MOVEMENTS WINTER 2012 MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY 2:00-3:50 PM REQUIRED BOOKS: Augustus Richard Norton. 2007. Hezbollah: A Short History. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Khaled Hroub. 2006. Hamas: A Beginner's Guide. Pluto Press. Humeira Iqtidar. 2011. Secularizing Islamists? Jama'at-e-Islami and Jama'at-ud-Da'wa in Urban Pakistan. The University of Chicago Press. Asef Bayat. 2007. Making Islam Democratic: Social Movements and the Post-Islamist Turn. Stanford University Press. Tugrul Keskin, 2011. The Sociology of Islam: Secularism, Economy and Politics. Ithaca Press, 2011.

A New book: Secular State and Religious Society Two Forces in Play in Turkey, edited by Berna Turam

Secular State and Religious Society Two Forces in Play in Turkey Edited by Berna Turam January 2012 Palgrave Macmillan Introduction: Secular State and Pious Muslims: Neither Rivals nor Allies for Life; B.Turam The Dynamic Nature of Educational Policies and Turkish Nation-Building: Where Does Religion Fit In?; Y.Bayar Islam, Nation-State, and the Military: A Discussion of Secularism in Turkey; S.Gurbey Secularists as the Saviors of Islam: Rearticulation of Secularism and the Freedom of Conscience in Turkey (1950); U.Azak Does Secularism Face a Serious Threat in Turkey?; M.Heper Christian and Turkish: Secularist Fears of a Converted Nation; E.Ozyurek Market Oriented Post-Islamism in Turkey; Tugrul Keskin Conflict, Democratic Reform and Big Business: Factors Shaping the Economic Elite's Position for Change; D.Yavuz Toward Conceptual Integration of Religious Actors in Democracy and Civil Society; A.Rubin Afterword; M.G.Tezcur

Study Abroad Course to Qatar: March 24 — April 1, 2012

Qatar: Society, Religion and Economy International Field Experience Led by: Tugrul Keskin, PSU—International Studies, Ctr. for Turkish Studies Spring Term 2012 Travel: March 24 — April 1, 2012

Manuscript of Sughrat (Socrates) belongs to a 13th century Seljuk illustrator. It is currently kept at Topkapi Palace Library, Istanbul, Turkey.

A New Book: Sociology and Human Rights A Bill of Rights for the Twenty-First Century

Sociology and Human Rights A Bill of Rights for the Twenty-First Century Judith Blau The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Mark Frezzo University of Mississippi May 2011 Pine Forge Press Series: Sociology for a New Century Series ISBN: 9781412991384 A unique volume designed to provoke an ongoing dialogue about fundamental human rights in our society Edited by renowned scholars, Judith Blau and Mark Frezzo, this groundbreaking anthology examines the implications that human rights have for the social sciences. The book provides readers with a wide-ranging collection of articles, each written by experts in their fields who argue for an expansion of fundamental human rights in the United States. To provide an international context, the volume covers the human rights treaties that have been incorporated into the constitutions of many countries throughout the world, including wealthy nations such as Spain and Sweden and impoverished countries such as Bolivia and Croatia.

Contents: Part I. What Are Universal Human Rights? Chapter 1. Introduction Mark Frezzo Chapter 2. Deepening Civil and Political Rights Mark Frezzo Chapter 3. Ensuring Economic and Social Rights Louis Edgar Esparza Chapter 4. Promoting Cultural Rights Laura Toussaint Chapter 5. Globalizing the Human Rights Perspective Bruce K. Friesen Chapter 6. Cooperating Around Environmental Rights Rebecca Clausen Chapter 7. Comparing Constitutions Judith Blau Part II. Citizenship, Identity, and Human Rights Chapter 8. Arizona’s SB 1070: Setting Conditions for Violations of Human Rights Here and Beyond 8. Rogelio Sáenz, Cecilia Menjívar, San Juanita Edilia Garcia Chapter 9. Beyond Two Identities: Turkish Immigrants in Germany Tugrul Keskin Part III. Vulnerability and Human Rights Chapter 10: The Rights of Age: On Human Vulnerability Bryan S. Turner Chapter 11. Children’s Rights Brian Gran and Rachel Bryant Part IV. The Global and the Local Chapter 12. Growing and Learning Human Rights Judith Blau Chapter 13. Going Forward Judith Blau Promoting Cultural Rights Globalizing the Human Rights Perspective Linking Human Rights and the Environment Arizona's SB 1070: Setting Conditions for Violations of Human Rights Here and Beyond Beyond Two Identities: Turkish Immigrants in Germany The Rights of Age Children's Rights Ensuring Economic and Social Rights Foreword Shulamith Koenig Reviews: “The high level of scholarship is evident in the prospectus. I was impressed by both scope and its detailed examples. This text has pedagogical value. It can be used to teach critical thinking.” Jonathan Reader Drew University "It has an explicit sociological approach that is lacking in so many of the books that address some of these issues." Elizabeth D. Scheel Saint Cloud State University