Mansoor Moaddel

Funded Research:

A Post-Crisis Analysis of the Attitudes and Value Orientations of the Islamic Publics in Egypt, Iran, and Morocco (NSF)

An In-depth Analysis of the Worldviews of Egyptians (Ford Foundation)

In Search of a Sociopolitical Community: The Cases of Egypt, Iran, and Jordan (NSF)

Iraqi Perception of the Past, Present, and Future (NSF)

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Dr. Moaddel studies culture, ideology, political conflict, revolution and social change. His work currently focuses on the causes and consequences of values and attitudes of the Middle Eastern and Islamic publics. He has carried out values surveys in Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia. He has also carried out youth surveys in Egypt and Saudi Arabia. His previous research project analyzed the determinants of ideological production in the Islamic world. He teaches sociology of religion, ideology, revolution, Islam and the Middle East. He also teaches statistics and research methods.

Recent Publications

Books

Moaddel, Mansoor. 2007. Values and perceptions of the Islamic and Middle Eastern publics. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Abstract.

Moaddel, Mansoor. 2005. Islamic Modernism, Nationalism, and Fundamentalism: Episode and Discourse. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Abstract.

Moaddel, Mansoor. 2002. Jordanian Exceptionalism: A Comparative Analysis of Religion and State Relationships in Egypt, Iran, Jordan, and Syria. New York: Palgrave. Abstract.

Moaddel, Mansoor, and Kamran Talattof. 2002. Modernist and Fundamentalist Debates in Islam: A Reader. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Abstract.

Moaddel, Mansoor, and Kamran Talattof. 2000. Contemporary Debates in Islam: An Anthology of Modernist and Fundamentalist Thought. New York: Saint Martin's Press. Abstract.

Journal Articles

Moaddel, Mansoor, and Karabenick, S.A. 2008. "Religious fundamentalism among young Muslims in Egypt and Saudi Arabia." Social Forces, 86(4): 1675-1710. Licensed Access. Worldcat.

Moaddel, Mansoor, Tessler, M., and Ronald F. Inglehart. 2008. "Foreign Occupation and National Pride." Public Opinion Quarterly, 72(4): 677-705. DOI:10.1093/poq/nfn042. Licensed Access. Worldcat.

Moaddel, Mansoor, Tessler, M., and Ronald F. Inglehart. 2008. "Saddam Hussein and the Sunni Insurgency: Findings from Values Surveys." Political Science Quarterly, 123(4): 623-644. Licensed Access. Worldcat.

Moaddel, Mansoor. 2007. "What the Iraqi Study Group Missed: The Iraqi People." Footnote, 35 (1): 1,4,10.

Moaddel, Mansoor. 2007. "Class and Labor in Iran: Did the revolution matter?" American Journal of Sociology, 113(3): 876-878. DOI:10.1086/524787. Licensed Access.

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