Charities in the Non-Western World (eBook, ePUB)

The Development and Regulation of Indigenous and Islamic Charities
Redaktion: Brown, Rajeswary Ampalavanar; Pierce, Justin

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book looks at the operation of indigenous charities at a regional, localised and global level. Chapters focus on the adaptation, accountability and operation of charities across a wide range of jurisdictions from China to Indonesia, Thailand, Iran, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Lebanon and Turkey. It examines the ownership, participation and accountability of charities in a regional, localised and international context, and draws on the experiences and operation of charities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317938514
• Artikelnr.: 40143136

Autorenporträt

Rajeswary Ampalavanar Brown is an Emeritus Professor at the Royal Holloway College in London, UK. Justin Pierce teaches at the University of East London, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1 1. 'Everything is Politics': Understanding the
Political Dimensions of NGO Legitimacy in Conflict-affected Regions 2. The
Role and Governance of Islamic Faith Organisations in South Africa 3.
Co-operatives and the State in Burma/Myanmar 1900 - 2012: A Case Study of
Failed Top-Down Co-Operative Development Models? 4. Charity Reconstructed:
The Transformation of Social Welfare in Rural Japan in the Nineteenth
Century Part 2 5. Private Charities and the Public Good Institutional
Memory of Plague Prevention in Manchuria 6. Re-form Hui identity and the
Communal Network in the Imperial Extension from Ming to Qing in Southwest
Chinese Frontier 7. Universalistic Humanitarianism in Mainland China: A
Case Study of a French NGO 8. In the World But Not Of the World: Governing
Christian Charities in Contemporary China Part 3 9. Boundaries of Non-state
Welfare Provision: Comparative Evidence from Turkey, Sudan and Germany 10.
The Diversity of Islamic Charitable Activities: Analytical Distinctions
Among Shi'a Muslim Organizations in Lebanon 11. Saudi Charitable Impulse
Abroad: The Coercive Power of Belief and Money in Thailand 12. Sa'udi
Charity To Hadhramaut As A Bone of Contention: The Hijaz Fund Episode,
1949-50 13. Comparative Perspective on the Growth and Legal Transformations
of Arab (Islamic) Charities 14. Colonial State and Muslim Institutions:
History of Regulatory Framework for Awqaf (Religious Endowments) in British
India