Introduction: thinking about Islam and politics in global perspective
Islam and politics: history and key concepts
State formation and the making of Islamism
Islam in the system: the evolution of Islamism as political strategy
Islam as the system: Islamic states and Islamization from above
Islam for lack of a system: Islamism in weak and failed states
Radical Islamism and jihad beyond the nation-state
Muslim transnationalism: brotherhoods, networks diasporas
Who speaks for Islam? religious authority in the global Umma
Beyond Islamism: globalization and Muslim politics
Appendix: key economic & political indicators for Muslim countries.
Global political Islam by Peter G. Mandaville. ISBN 9780415326070. Published by Routledge in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.