Values and perceptions of the Islamic and Middle Eastern publics / edited by Mansoor Moaddel.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction : theoretical and methodological issues in the study of values / Mansoor Moaddel -- 2. The worldviews of Islamic publics in global perspective / Ronald F. Inglehart -- 3. Value systems of elites and publics in the Mediterranean : convergence or divergence / Juan Diez-Nicolas -- 4. Muslim immigrants in Western Europe : persisting value differences or value adaptation? / Thorleif Pettersson -- 5. Do Islamic orientations influence attitudes toward democracy in the Arab world? : evidence from the world values survey in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Algeria / Mark Tessler -- 6. The egalitarian face of Islamic orthodoxy : support for Islamic law and economic justice in seven Muslim-majority nations / Nancy J. Davis and Robert V. Robinson -- 7. The rentier state : does rentierism hinder democracy? : the rentier mentality hypothesis tested in seven Middle Eastern countries / Bi Puranen and Olof Widenfalk -- 8. Social structure versus perception : a cross-national comparison of self-rated health in Egypt, Iran, Jordan, and the United States / Kristine J. Ajrouch and Mansoor Moaddel -- 9. The Saudi public speaks : religion, gender, and politics / Mansoor Moaddel -- 10. Events and value change : the impact of September 11, 2001 on the worldviews of Egyptians and Moroccans / Mansoor Moaddel and Abdul-Hamid Abdul-Latif -- 11. Xenophobia and in-group solidarity in Iraq : a natural experiment on the impact of insecurity / Ronald Inglehart, Mansoor Moaddel and Mark Tessler -- 12. Probability sampling and the scientific survey method for population studies : application to survey research in Islamic countries / Steven G. Heeringa.

"Using findings from values surveys carried out in Islamic countries in 2000-2005, this book analyzes the mass-level belief system of the Islamic public and their attitudes toward some of the most important social institutions and principles of social organization. Topics addressed include: the aspects of this belief system that are distinctive and those that are shared by people from other cultures; the values that unite and separate Europeans and Muslims; and the political and economic consequences of the Islamic belief system."--BOOK JACKET.