The Politics of Islamic Finance - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0748618376 ISBN 13 : 9780748618378

Editeur : Edinburgh University Press, 2004

Synopsis

Can the contemporary Islamic finance movement be shown to meet the requirements of modern commerce? In the wake of the terrorist attacks on America the UN Security Council passed a resolution targeting transnational sources of terrorist funds. The United States and the International Monetary Fund are encouraging the governments of the Middle East to adopt policies of economic liberalism and a new type of capitalism, based on Islamic values and beliefs, is emerging. The aims of the book are: * to explore the political implications of the slow but steady accumulation of Islamic capital * to analyse the connections between Islamic finance and Islamic political movements in Middle Eastern and North African countries * to show that the commonly-perceived connection between Islamic finance and money laundering and terrorism is by no means the complete picture. Readers will learn to appreciate the various political contexts in which Islamic finance operates in the Middle East and North Africa and will acquire some understanding of its political as well as economic constraints. Hopefully possible misunderstandings about Islamic banking and finance will be corrected. The book is divided into two parts -- part one is thematic and lays the ground for the country-specific case studies in part two (covering the Sudan, Kuwait, Jordan, Turkey, Tunisia and Egypt). The contributors include political scientists, economists and historians. Key Features: * A major topical issue * Written by the world's leading experts on Islamic Political Economy * Explores the connections between Islamic finance and Islamic political movements * Includes country-specific case studies

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Clement Henry is Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. He is author of The Mediterranean Debt Crescent (1997) and co-author (with Robert Springborg) of Globalization and the Politics of Development in the Middle East (2001).

Rodney Wilson is Professor of Economics in the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Durham. He is author of numerous books including Economic Development in Saudi Arabia (2003) and Economics, Ethics and Religion (1997).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Edinburgh University Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0748618376
• ISBN 13: 9780748618378
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 312
• Éditeur: Henry Clement M., Wilson Rodney