Christopher Candland

The Islamic Welfare State

Muslim Charity, Human Security, and Government Legitimacy in Pakistan

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Produktbeschreibung

"The Islamic Welfare State explains the relationship between government legitimacy, everyday security, and lived Islam in Pakistan-a major Muslim-majority country. Its humanitarian spirit makes Islam a compelling, community-strengthening faith that motivates people to provide essential services to the needy, to foster moral sentiments that build social solidarity, and to thereby challenge the legitimacy of government with its focus on 'protecting Islam' and 'national security' rather than enhancing the lives of ordinary people. The book surveys four kinds of Islamic charities-traditional, professional, partisan, and state. The focus is on ground realities, on the activities of welfare workers and beneficiaries, mostly patients and students from low-income families. The attention to the different political sentiments that different kinds of charity foster allows us to better understand politics and political change in Pakistan and across the Muslim world"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009268431
• ISBN-10: 1009268430
• Artikelnr.: 66457561

Autorenporträt

Christopher Candland is a Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College. He has been a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. To research The Islamic Welfare State, Candland travelled across Pakistan over sixty weeks, visiting more than one hundred Muslim charities.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Translation and Transliteration
Glossary
Preface
Acknowledgements
Section I. Introduction
1. Islam and the Social Welfare Ideal
Section II. Piety and Public Goods
2. The Good of Government
3. Social Welfare in a Muslim Society
Section III. Pakistan
4. Muslim Identities and Parties
5. Everyday Public Security and Insecurity
Section IV. Charities
6. Methods of Discovery
7. Traditional Islamic Charities
8. Professional Islamic Charities
9. Partisan Islamic Charities
10. State Islamic Charities
Section V. Religion, State, and Public Goods
11. Religious Provision of Public Goods
12. Sentiments of the 'Islamic Welfare State
Bibliography
Index.