Is there more social protest now than there was prior to the movement politics of the 1960s, and if so, does it result in a distinctly less civil society throughout the world? If everybody protests, what does protest mean in advanced industrial societies? This volume brings together scholars from Europe and the U.S., and from both political science and sociology, to consider the ways in which the social movement has changed as a political form and the ways in which it continues to change the societies in which it is prevalent.
America. Patricia L. Hipsher In many respects, the 1980s was the decade of the
social movement in Latin America. In a climate of greater political openness
provided by the transitions to democracy, shantytown dwellers' movements,
feminists, ...
Proceedings of the Eighteenth Congress of the Union Européenne Des Arabisants Et Islamisants Held at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (September 3-September 9, 1996)
Mirroring the expansion of wealth in the Middle East and Asia and a surge in Islamic self-identity, Islamic banking practices have either become the law of the land or coexist and compete with Western practices in at least six countries. A growing number of institutions and mutual funds (akin to Western ''socially responsible'' funds) have established Islamic investment and other practices to cater to this burgeoning market. Because of its prevalence, practitioners in every banking-related area must familiarize themselves with current Islamic finance practices in order to do business with Muslim clients and to engage in cross-border financing. Injunctions from the "Qur'an and the sayings of Prophet Muhammed have generated a web of interrelated norms which prohibit Islamic financiers from engaging in transactions that involve interest "(riba) and speculation "(gharar). "Islamic Law and Finance describes the dynamic set of Islamically-sanctioned ways financiers can transacat business.
But the Islamic banking and finance industry vehemently rejects such attempts,
since that industry is built, as noted above, on the idea of applying the classical law, not replacing it. THE CONTEXT FOR ISLAMIC LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS IN
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perjuangan Fraksi Persatuan Pembangunan dalam Sidang Umum MPR 1998
Resolutions of the faction of Partai Persatuan Pembangunan, the Indonesian Muslim based party in the People's Consultative Assembly at the March 1998 sessions during the Soeharto government.
Resolutions of the faction of Partai Persatuan Pembangunan, the Indonesian Muslim based party in the People's Consultative Assembly at the March 1998 sessions during the Soeharto government.
