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

Originally published: 2007. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : theoretical and methodological issues in the study of values / Mansoor Moaddel --The worldviews of Islamic publics in global perspective / Ronald F. Inglehart --Value systems of elites and publics in the Mediterranean : convergence or divergence / Juan Diéz-Nicolaś --Muslim immigrants in Western Europe : persisting value differences or value adaptation? / Thorlief Pettersson --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 --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 --The Rentier state : does Rentierism hinder democracy? : the Rentier mentality hypothesis tested in seven Middle Eastern countries / Bi Puranen and Olof Widenfalk --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 --The Saudi public speaks : religion, gender, and politics / Mansoor Moaddel --Events and value change : the impact of September 11, 2001 on the worldviews of Egyptians and Moroccans / Mansoor Moaddel and Abdul-Hamid Abdul-Latif --Xenophobia and in-group solidarity in Iraq : a natural experiment on the impact of insecurity / Ronald Inglehart, Mansoor Moaddel, and Mark Tessler --Probability sampling and the scientific survey method for population studies : application to survey research in Islamic countries / Steven G. Heeringa.