Sheba Saeed

Begging, Street Politics and Power

The Religious and Secular Regulation of Begging in India and Pakistan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Begging, Street Politics and Power focuses two different contexts: India and Pakistan. Considering both religious and secular begging regulation, and drawing on Hindu and Islamic engagements with begging, the book brings to the debate a wider social scientific critique of the power relationships inherent in this phenomenon.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9781472472687
• ISBN-10: 1472472683
• Artikelnr.: 60000948

Autorenporträt

Sheba Saeed is a lecturer in the School of Communication and Design at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Vietnam. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham, UK, and has previously practiced as a solicitor.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1 The role of charity in religion and religious regulation of begging in
Hinduism and Islam
2 Secular legal and political structures that regulate begging
Conclusion