Handbook on Islam and economic life
By: edited by M. Kabir Hassan, Mervyn K. Lewis
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 696
ISBN-13: 9781783479818; 9781783479825
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Economics; Economic aspects; Finance; Islam
Description: According to the most recent Pew Forum on Religion and Public life, nearly one in four people in the world are Muslim. In light of these numbers, Handbook on Islam and Economic Life is one of the first books to consider Islam within a broader economic sphere by focusing on the ways in which Islam shapes and interacts with the economy. With contributions from leading scholars, this unique Handbook explores how Islam impinges upon and seeks to condition major aspects of economic life including economic organisation, business and management, finance and investment, charity, mutuality and self-help, and government. It concludes by analysing the link between religion and development, the present economic circumstances in Arab countries and the vexed issue of the origins and causes of underdevelopment in Muslim countries. Covering a breadth of topics and research, this book will be essential reading for academics in both Muslim and western universities, graduates and postgraduates of Islamic studies as well as Islamic and other research institutes.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Islam, the economy and economic life / Mervyn K. Lewis; title: pt. I. DEVELOPMENTS IN ISLAMIC ECONOMICS; title: 2. Muslim contributions to economics science / Abdul Azim Islahi; title: 3. Islam versus economics / Asad Zaman; title: 4. Methodology of Islamic economics / Muhammad Nejatullah Siddiqi; title: 5. Analytical tools of Islamic economics: choice and the equi-marginal principle / Habib Ahmed; title: pt. II. THE PROBLEM OF INTEREST; title: 6. Riba, time value of money and discounting / Shamim A. Siddiqui; title: 7. Riba in Islamic economics and finance / Monzer Kahf; title: 8. Structural compliance of Islamic finance with Qur'anic exegesis / Azeemuddin Subhani; title: pt. III. ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION; title: 9. The halal food industry / Carrie E. Regenstein; title: 10. A socio-economic profile of Muslim countries / Meysam Safari; title: 11. Female labor force participation in Islamic countries / Bassam Abu Al-Foul; title: pt. IV. BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT.; title: Contents note continued: 12. The Islamic accounting triangle: measurement, disclosure and enforcement / Mohammad Hudaib; title: 13. Principles of Islamic corporate governance / Mervyn K. Lewis; title: 14. Economics and morality from an Islamic perspective / Rodney Wilson; title: 15. The Islamic position on corruption / Mervyn K. Lewis; title: pt. V. FINANCE AND INVESTMENT; title: 16. The Islamic debate on derivatives / Andreas A. Jobst; title: 17. Meeting expectations: the roles and responsibilities of Shari'ah scholars in Islamic finance / Hafas Furqani; title: 18. Moral hazard in Islamic profit-loss sharing contracts and private equity / M. Kabir Hassan; title: 19. Globalizing Islamic investment funds / Mervyn K. Lewis; title: 20. The regulation and supervision of sukuk in global capital markets / M. Kabir Hassan; title: 21. Islamic microfinancing / M. Kabir Hassan; title: pt. VI. CHARITY, MUTUALITY AND SELF-HELP; title: 22. Poverty and social security in Islam / Bayu Taufiq Possumah; title: 23. Zakat and the economy / Mervyn K. Lewis.; title: Contents note continued: 24. The gift economy: waaf in the Islamic world today / Tunku Alina Alias; title: pt. VII. GOVERNMENT; title: 25. The economic role of the state in Islam / Mural Cizakca; title: 26. Political authority in Islam / Muqtedar Khan; title: 27. Budget deficit and instruments of public borrowing in the Islamic system / Monzer Kahf; title: pt. VIII. RELIGION AND DEVELOPMENT; title: 28. Religion and development / Volker Nienhaus; title: 29. Islamic institutions and underdevelopment / Jared Rubin; title: 30. The three Arab worlds on the eve of the 'Arab Spring' / Scott Kostyshak; title: 31. An Islamic perspective on the global financial crisis and its aftermath / Mervyn K. Lewis.