{"id":163,"date":"2008-01-08T20:57:29","date_gmt":"2008-01-08T20:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/08\/new-book-on-democracy-and-pluralism-in-an-interdependent-world-by-aga-khan\/"},"modified":"2008-01-08T20:57:29","modified_gmt":"2008-01-08T20:57:29","slug":"new-book-on-democracy-and-pluralism-in-an-interdependent-world-by-aga-khan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/2008\/01\/08\/new-book-on-democracy-and-pluralism-in-an-interdependent-world-by-aga-khan\/","title":{"rendered":"New book on Democracy and Pluralism in an Interdependent World by Aga Khan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Georgia','serif';\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/agakhanaward_yemeng.jpg\" title=\"agakhanaward_yemeng.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pamirtimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/agakhanaward_yemeng.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"agakhanaward_yemeng.jpg\" \/><\/a>Moulana Hazir Imam discusses pluralism, democracy and Canada\u2019s potential for world leadership in his new book <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#993300;line-height:115%;font-family:'Georgia','serif';\">Democracy and Pluralism in an Interdependent World. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#993300;line-height:115%;font-family:'Georgia','serif';\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#666666;line-height:115%;font-family:'Georgia','serif';\">Moulana Hazir Imam sets out the principles that inform his vision of peaceful, productive societies. He returns again and again to the three cornerstones upon which his many years of work in the developing world are based: democracy, pluralism and civil society. Democracy, always fragile, must be nurtured in practical and flexible ways, he says. Pluralism must be embraced in both fact and spirit. And engaged civil society, which the Aga Khan defines broadly as including doctors\u2019 and journalists\u2019 associations, women\u2019s groups, social movements and village organizations, must be actively supported in countries around the globe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#666666;line-height:115%;font-family:'Georgia','serif';\"><\/span><b><span style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#666666;line-height:115%;font-family:'Georgia','serif';\">Book details: <\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#666666;line-height:115%;font-family:'Georgia','serif';\">May 2008, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#666666;line-height:115%;font-family:'Georgia','serif';\">ISBN 978-1-55365-366-0, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#666666;line-height:115%;font-family:'Georgia','serif';\">Hardcover, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#666666;line-height:115%;font-family:'Georgia','serif';\">5 1\/4<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#666666;line-height:115%;font-family:'Georgia','serif';\">\u2033<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#666666;line-height:115%;font-family:'Georgia','serif';\"> x 7 1\/2<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#666666;line-height:115%;font-family:'Georgia','serif';\">\u2033, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#666666;line-height:115%;font-family:'Georgia','serif';\">144 pages, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#666666;line-height:115%;font-family:'Georgia','serif';\">Political Scienc, <\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#666666;line-height:115%;font-family:'Georgia','serif';\">$24.<\/span><span style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#666666;line-height:115%;font-family:'Georgia','serif';\">95 CAD<\/span><span style=\"font-size:9pt;color:#666666;line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman','serif';\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moulana Hazir Imam discusses pluralism, democracy and Canada\u2019s potential for world leadership in his new book Democracy and Pluralism in an Interdependent World. Moulana Hazir Imam sets out the principles that inform his vision of peaceful, productive societies. 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