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Findings Of Values Surveys In Islamic Countries
Commentary, on Project Syndicate
Ethnicity And Values Among The Lebanese Public: Findings
Middle Eastern Values Survey Questionnaire
A response to Ballen and Doherty’s Washington Post article on the Iranian Election, June 2009
Middle Eastern Values Study (MEVS)
Mansoor Moaddel
Funded Research:
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)
Professor, Sociology, Eastern Michigan University.
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.
Journal Articles
Thornton, Arland, Georgina Binstock, Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Dirgha Ghimire, Arjan Gjonca, Attila Melegh, Colter Mitchell, Mansoor Moaddel, Yu Xie, Li-Shou Yang, Linda Young-DeMarco, and Kathryn Yount. Forthcoming. "Knowledge and Beliefs about National Development and Developmental Hierarchies: the Viewpoints of Ordinary People in Thirteen Countries." Social Science Research. NIHMSID: NIHMS368187. DOI.
Moaddel, Mansoor, M. Tessler, and Ronald F. Inglehart. 2008. "Saddam Hussein and the Sunni Insurgency: Findings from Values Surveys." Political Science Quarterly, 123(4): 623-644.
Moaddel, Mansoor, and S.A. Karabenick. 2008. "Religious fundamentalism among young Muslims in Egypt and Saudi Arabia." Social Forces, 86(4): 1675-1710. Abstract. Local Access.
Moaddel, Mansoor, M. Tessler, and Ronald F. Inglehart. 2008. "Foreign Occupation and National Pride." Public Opinion Quarterly, 72(4): 677-705. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Moaddel, Mansoor, M. Tessler, and Ronald F. Inglehart. 2008. "Saddam Hussein and the Sunni Insurgency: Findings from Values Surveys." Political Science Quarterly, 123(4): 623-644. Local Access.
Moaddel, Mansoor. 2007. "Class and Labor in Iran: Did the revolution matter?" American Journal of Sociology, 113(3): 876-878. DOI.