Applying an intercultural and comparative theoretical approach across Asia and
Africa, this book analyses the rise and moderation of political movements in
developing societies which mobilise popular support with references to
conceptions of cultural identity. The author includes not only the Hindu
nationalist movement but also many Islamist political movements in a single
category -- New Cultural Identitarian Political Movements (NCIPM). Demonstrating
significant similarities in the pattern of evolution between these and European
Christian Democracy, the book provides an instrument for the analysis of these
movements outside the parameters of the fundamentalism debate. The book looks at
a number of key variables for understanding the evolution of NCIPM,