This book challenges the interventionist stance of Islamic economics as well as its presumption that riba equals interest. An Islamic economy, it argues, is essentially a market economy, but it differs from capitalist economies because both its institutions and the structure of, for example, property rights are specifically Islamic, deriving from Qur??n and other sources of Islamic law. The book also focuses on the similarities and differences between riba and interest, establishes the often neglected connection between the two, and explores the ramifications of this connection for Islamic financial systems.
This book challenges the interventionist stance of Islamic economics as well as its presumption that riba equals interest.
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This book examines how money, in the absence of interest (Riba) and money market can become an endogenous variable of an economic system.
This book, which is the eighth volume in the 12-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, presents scholarly research on major discourses in decentralisation, school-based management (SBM) and quality in education globally. This book, which focuses on decentralisation and SBM as a governance strategy in education, presents theoretical aspects of the phenomenon of decentralisation/privatisation and contextualises them within the education research literature. It provides an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of information concerning the dynamics of decentralisation and SBM that normally take place when reforms are instituted to decentralize authority and power. Above all, the authors offering the latest findings regarding major discourses in dec- tralisation, SBM and quality in educational systems in the global culture emphasise aspects of that dynamic interactive process (see also Geo-JaJa 2006a; Gamage and Sooksomchitra 2006, Zajda 2009). This dynamic interaction in the process that is implicit in the title of the book is reified by calls for restructuring of schools f- lowing the idea that schools are not promoting human rights, social cohesion and sustainable development. The chapters as a source book of ideas for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in decentralisation and SBM in education contr- ute to the educational literature while enhancing the understanding of the larger dynamics involved in educational reform. It offers a timely overview of current issues affecting decentralisation in education in the global culture.
... Unit In addition to many institutions that existed before decentralisation, there are several semi-autonomous institutions that have been established to handle more specialized functions of the Ministry: (14) Education Service ...
Islamic Capitalism is a new alternative comprehensive economic system. Based on new ideas and views, Islamic Capitalism introduces modern applicable solutions to present financial hardships, problems, and crisis. Islamic Capitalism presents new Financing and Banking systems, Welfare and Taxing systems, Public Finance system, Domestic Monetary system, and International Monetary system. Taking into consideration the recent economic environment that is characterized by speculative mania and rapid increase in quantity of credit and money, new approach has been taken to identify economic problems and to understand the Qur'anic verses. Islamic Capitalism translates continuous efforts of several years of researches and studies in addition to long practical experience in banking and finance. Islamic Capitalism converts theoretical dreams into modern applicable systems introduced in a small book written in as simple as possible language.
Islamic Capitalism is a new alternative comprehensive economic system. Based on new ideas and views, Islamic Capitalism introduces modern applicable solutions to present financial hardships, problems, and crisis.
With global assets expected to reach over a trillion dollars in the next few years, Islamic finance is the fastest-growing segment of the international financial services industry. This introductory guide takes readers on an in-depth tour of this exciting new world of opportunity, with profiles of the many diverse players and projections of Islam's hottest growth markets.
This introductory guide takes readers on an in-depth tour of this exciting new world of opportunity, with profiles of the many diverse players and projections of Islam's hottest growth markets.
How much power does business exercise in Britain and the United States? Are giant firms that operate on a global scale beyond the control of elected governments? Are political parties in the pocket of business interests? All these questions go to the heart of the viability of a modern democracy, and have been given increased urgency since the end of 2007 and the economic crisis that has reverberated around the world. Business, Politics, and Society compares business and politics in two of the most important capitalist democracies: the United States and the United Kingdom. It introduces the big analytical and moral issues involved in the study of business power; traces the historical origins of business politics in the two nations; examines the role of giant firms, and the relationship between business and political parties; describes the special politics of the small business sector; scrutinizes the changing social and cultural environment of business; and sums up by raising problems of legitimacy and reward that are now the stuff of public policy. Boxed features in each chapter also extend the range of book, to business politics in the European Union, and to national systems beyond the United States and the United Kingdom. The book will be invaluable for students of business systems who now need to grasp the political setting of business, and to students of American and British politics, who now need to grasp the impact of business power on the workings of democratic government.
The book will be invaluable for students of business systems who now need to grasp the political setting of business, and to students of American and British politics, who now need to grasp the impact of business power on the workings of ...
A new contribution to the debate on the evolution of European employment and social models. These models need to adjust to meet new challenges, including globalization, ageing societies, and new governance approaches at national, EU and international level. This book explores these issues through the experiences of nine EU countries.
This book explores these issues through the experiences of nine EU countries.
On principles of economy according to Islam.
On principles of economy according to Islam.
