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Reconfiguring party-state power : market reforms, communication, and control in the digital age -- Securing the "commanding heights" : class, power, and the transformation of the party-state's media and culture sector -- Dancing with wolves? transnational capital, nationalism, and the terms of global re-integration -- Entertaining the masses : domestic private capital, popular culture, and the role of cultural entrepreneurs -- Crusading for civil rights and legal justice : possibilities and limits of media and internet mobilization -- Challenging neoliberalism : the "Lang Xianping Storm," property rights, and economic justice

This book examines humanitarian interventions in the post-Cold War era in the context of the development of global capitalism. It argues that it is often our duty to use force to uphold human rights, but that attempts to promote and protect these rights can unintentionally contribute to the perpetuation of poverty and poverty-related problems

Introduction: Islam and politics -- From Shamanism to Caliphate -- Reform and religious homogenization -- The creation of the Kemalist state -- The reemergence of Islam -- From periphery to mainstream -- Violent Islamist organizations