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Challenges of the Muslim World Present, Future and Past

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ISBN-10: 0444532439

ISBN-13: 9780444532435

Edition: 2008

Authors: William W. Cooper, Piyu Yue

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This book provides a data-based approach to present and future developments in the Muslim world. This is an unusual approach to this topic that highlights important underlying forces in current and projected future economic and social behaviour that range from prices of gasoline to terrorism and related activities. In the context of the rich histories of Muslim cultures, the effects of rapid changes in economic and social trends are examined, as well as the effect of Western policies which have often exacerbated underlying tensions in these fast-growing populations, extending to the trouble and hostilities that are currently being manifested in proposed interpretations by al-Qaeda and…    
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List price: $157.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date: 3/1/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 300
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.892
Language: English

Piyu Yue began working as a research assistant to Kozmetsky while pursuing a Ph.D. in economics at the University of Texas. She is currently researching the new stage of American capitalism, the changing structure of the global economy and the underlying forces driving the surge of globalization.

Dedication
Introduction to the Series
Acknowledgments
Preface
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Maps
Consumption, Production and Location of Oil and Natural Gas
Introduction
World Demand for Oil and Natural Gas
Industrial Revolutions Change Energy Consumption
Energy Consumption by Nation Groups and Energy Types
World Demand for Oil and Natural Gas
Oil Consumption by Countries
World Production and Reserves of Oil and Natural Gas
World Production of Oil
Crude Oil Production by the United States and Russia
Oil Production of OPEC and the Muslim World
Oil Production by Countries
World Production of Natural Gas
Oil and Natural Gas Resources in Muslim Countries
Persian Gulf Region
Other OPEC Muslim Countries
Caspian Sea Region
Oil and Natural Gas Reserves
Global Oil Flow and Strategic Geography of the Muslim World
International Trade on Oil
Net Importer and Net Exporter of Oil
Net Oil Imports by Origin
Strategic Geography of the Muslim World
An Overview of the Muslim Land
North Africa and Middle East
South East Asia
Europe/Central Asia
South Asia
Summary of Part I
Demographic Changes and Social Instability
Introduction
Population Sizes, Birth and Death Rates
Population Size and Distribution
Population Expansion in the Muslim World
Population Distribution of the Muslim World
Fastest Population Growth in the Muslim World
Demographic Transition of the Muslim World
What is Demographic Transition?
Vital Parameters of Muslim Countries
Muslim Countries in Demographic Transitions
Changing Age Structure of the Muslim Population
Age Structure
Three Population Cohorts
Population Dependency
Increasing Size of Troublesome Male Youngsters
Size of Troublesome Male Youngsters
Troublesome Cohort of Muslim Countries
Correlation Between the Troublesome Cohort and Social Instability
Rapid Urbanization and Its Problems
Increasing Size of Urban Population
Urbanization Process of Muslim Countries
Mega-Cities in the Muslim World
Population Quality: Illiteracy and Education
Illiteracy Rates of the Muslim Populations
Education Systems of the Muslim Nations
Economic Base of Education in Muslim Countries
School Enrollment
Fragmentation of Muslim Education System
Religious Education - the Madrasa System
Islamic Education of Saudi Arabia
Two Education Systems
Summary of Part II
History and the Contemporary Scene
Introduction
The Islamic Empires
The Islamic Empires and Their Golden Age
Crusader Wars
Colonization and Islamic Fundamentalism
European Colonialism
Colonized Muslim Countries
Islamic Militant Resistance Movements
Westernization, Modernism and Islamic Fundamentalism
The Contemporary Scene and Its Challenges
Arab-Israeli Conflict
Iraq-Iran War
Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait
Pakistan's Conflict with India
The War on Terrorism
Saudi Arabia and Wahhabism
The Ideological Roots of Islamist Terrorism
The American Invasion of Iraq
Summary of Part III
References
Subject Index