Globalisation, Religion & Development

Mike O’Donnell, Şevket Alper Koç, Alexandra Kelbert, Dorrie Chetty, Horacio Gago Prialé, Sibel Fettahoğlu, Hakkı Cenk, Samane Salimi-Tari, Arzu Culhaci, Sermin Sarıca, Elizabeth Waters, Hoshang Noraiee — 2011

Globalisation, religion and development have sparked much interest and debates in the last two decades. The analysis of religion and especially Islam has been presented in a simplistic notion of linear development, and the supposed inability to adapt to modernity and capitalism. This journal will consider such views and assess their validity by focusing on: Part 1: introducing the theoretical issues and debates surrounding globalisation, religion and development, illustrating the often-contested nature of the concepts, and considering the implications for modernity and development. Part 2: continuing with the same theme but focusing on gender and development, representation of women, the effect of modernisation on the increasing consumption of alcohol in Kazakhstan, women's access to higher education in revolutionary Iran and finally women and domestic violence. Part 3: focusing on case studies to explore the implications of globalisation, regionalisation and development in Iran, Turkey, Sudan, Peru and Senegal.