Islam and the Everyday World (eBook, PDF)

Public Policy Dilemmas
Redaktion: Behdad, Sohrab; Nomani, Farhad

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This is a new examination of how Shari'a - the Islamic concept of divine law, affects public policy both theoretically and in practice, across a wide range of public policy areas, including for example human rightsand family law.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134206759
• Artikelnr.: 42981789

Autorenporträt

Sohrab Behdad is Professor and John E. Harris Chair in Economics, Denison University, and is a former member of the faculty of Economics, Tehran University, Iran. Farhad Nomani is Professor of Economics at the American University of Paris, and is a former member of the Faculty of Economics, Tehran University, Iran.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Islam, Revivalism and Public Policy 2. Ideology and Institutions in Islamist Approaches to Public Policy 3. Islamism and Economics: Policy Implications for a Free Society 4. Islamic Jurisprudence and Public Policy 5. Islam and Human Rights Policy 6. Women, Sexuality and Social Policy in Islamic Cultures 7. Muslim Family Law: Articulating Gender, Class and the State 8. Islam, Islamists, and Labor Law 9. Commercial Law: The Conflict in Shari'a and Secular Law; Taxation and Public Finance 10. The Problem of Interest and Banking in Islamic Public Policy

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1. Islam, Revivalism and Public Policy 2. Ideology and Institutions in
Islamist Approaches to Public Policy 3. Islamism and Economics: Policy
Implications for a Free Society 4. Islamic Jurisprudence and Public Policy
5. Islam and Human Rights Policy 6. Women, Sexuality and Social Policy in
Islamic Cultures 7. Muslim Family Law: Articulating Gender, Class and the
State 8. Islam, Islamists, and Labor Law 9. Commercial Law: The Conflict in
Shari'a and Secular Law: Taxation and Public Finance 10. The Problem of
Interest and Banking in Islamic Public Policy

Rezensionen

'This pioneering volume goes beyond formalistic analysis of Islamic states and standard discourses of public policy to underscore the actual significance and limitations of the influence of Islamist normative and legalist discourses on key areas of public policy in the Muslim world.'

- Jomo K. S., editor of Islamic Economic Alternatives

'Does Islamic Law affect public policy? The authors methodically uncover the complex interaction between religion and social change in the Muslim world.'

- Tarik Yousef, Shaykh Al-Sabah Chair in Arab Studies, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University

'The book contains valuable inputs for anyone interested in the area of siy:sa shar6iyya or Shar;6a-based public policy' -

Mohamed Aslam Haneef, Department of Economics International Islamic University Malaysia

'Islam and the everday world, consisting of eight chapters written by an array of specialists, attemptsto discuss the problems that this dynamic creates over a spectrum of policy areas such as economics, banking, human rights, taxation, family, labor, and commercial law' - Khaleel Mohammaed, San Diego State University, Middle East Quarterly Summer 2008

'This pioneering volume goes beyond formalistic analysis of Islamic states and standard discourses of public policy to underscore the actual significance and limitations of the influence of Islamist normative and legalist discourses on key areas of public policy in the Muslim world.'

- Jomo K. S., editor of Islamic Economic Alternatives

'Does Islamic Law affect public policy? The authors methodically uncover the complex interaction between religion and social change in the Muslim world.'

- Tarik Yousef, Shaykh Al-Sabah Chair in Arab Studies, Center for Contemporary Arab Studies, Georgetown University

'The book contains valuable inputs for anyone interested in the area of siy:sa shar6iyya or Shar;6a-based public policy' -

Mohamed Aslam Haneef, Department of Economics International Islamic University Malaysia

'Islam and the everday world, consisting of eight chapters written by an array of specialists, attempts to discuss the problems that this dynamic creates over a spectrum of policy areas such as economics, banking, human rights, taxation, family, labor, and commercial law' - Khaleel Mohammaed, San Diego State University, Middle East Quarterly Summer 2008