Monday, February 21, 2011

Open Access Library: OAPEN

Open Access Library: OAPEN

OAPEN: online library and publication platform



"OAPEN (Open Access Publishing in European Networks) is a collaborative initiative to develop and implement a sustainable Open Access publication model for academic books in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The OAPEN Library aims to improve the visibility and usability of high quality academic research by aggregating peer reviewed Open Access publications from across Europe."

Chosen titles of relevance to the Middle East and to Islam are linked to the book-presentation-pages (regularly with an image of the relevant book and an abstract, and a link to the pdf-file of the book):



Alagha, Joseph Elie: "The Shifts in Hizbullah's Ideology : Religious Ideology, Political Ideology, and Political Program", ISIM Dissertation, ISIM Leiden and Amsterdam University Press 2006

Bangstad, Sindre: "Global Flows, Local Appropriations : Facets of Secularisation and Re-Islamization Among Contemporary Cape Muslims", ISIM Dissertation, ISIM Leiden and Amsterdam University Press 2007

Bruinhorst, G.C. van de: "'Raise Your Voices and Kill Your Animals' : Islamic Discourses on the Idd el-Hajj and Sacrifices in Tanga (Tanzania)", ISIM Dissertation, ISIM Leiden and Amsterdam University Press 2007

Burnell, Peter: "Democratization through the looking glass", Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2003

Harmsen, Egbert: "Islam, Civil Society and Social Work : Muslim Voluntary Welfare Associations in Jordan between Patronage and Empowerment", ISIM Dissertation, ISIM Leiden and Amsterdam University Press 2008

Drees, Willem / Koningsveld, Pieter Sjoerd: "The Study of Religion and the Training of Muslim Clergy in Europe : Academic and Religious Freedom in the 21st Century"

Hinnebusch, Raymond: "The international politics of the Middle East", Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2003

Jacoby, Tami Amanda / Sasley, Brent: "Redefining security in the Middle East", Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2002 (New Approaches to Conflict Analysis)

Noor, Farish A.; Sikand, Yoginder / Bruinessen, Martin van: "The Madrasa in Asia : Political Activism and Transnational Linkages", Amsterdam University Press 2008 (ISIM Series on Contemporary Muslim Societies)

Mujiburrahman: "Feeling Threatened : Muslim-Christian Relations in Indonesia's New Order", ISIM Dissertation, ISIM Leiden and Amsterdam University Press 2006

Nachmani, Amikam: "Turkey facing a new millenium: Coping with intertwined conflicts", Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press 2003 (Europe in Change)

Otto, Jan Michiel; Dekker, Albert & Soest-Zuurdeeg, Liesbeth van (ed.): "Sharia en nationaal recht in twaalf moslimlanden", Amsterdam University Press 2006

Parolin, Gianluca P.: "Citizenship in the Arab World : Kin, Religion and Nation-State", Amsterdam University Press 2009 (International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion in Europe - IMISCOE Research)

Rahbek, Birgitte: "Democratisation in the Middle East : Dilemmas and perspectives", Aarhus University Press 2005

Welchman, Lynn: "Women and Muslim Family Laws in Arab States : A Comparative Overview of Textual Development and Advocacy", ISIM Series on Contemporary Muslim Societies, ISIM / Leiden and Amsterdam University Press, 2007

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