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Oman and Yemen
(British Academic Press, 1993)Liberalization is not an exclusively Western concept, but it has flourished there in recent years. But do policies, such as economic liberalization, that are being advocated by the IMF and the World Bank, really provide ... -
On Altruism and Remittances
(University of Zurich, 2013)We provide a direct test of the impact of altruism on remittances. From a sample of 105 male migrant workers from Kerala, India working in Qatar, we elicit the propensity to share with others from their responses in a ... -
On Blackberry and Beads: Religion in the Matrix of Information Media
(Kalam Verlag für islamische Theologie und Religionspädagogik KG, 2013)This paper examines the ways in which the demise of the “representational cultures” of religious civilisations has left a vacuum of meaning. This vacuum has opened a battleground between the “religion” of mediatised ... -
Paternity between Law and Biology: the Reconstruction of the Islamic Law of Paternity in the Wake of DNA Testing
(Wiley, 2012)The discovery of DNA paternity tests has stirred a debate concerning the definition of paternity and whether the grounds for such a definition are legal or biological. According to the classical rules of Islamic law, ... -
Pathways to an Inner Islam: Massignon, Corbin, Guénon, and Schuon
(University of New York, 2010)Pathways to an Inner Islam provides an introduction to the esoteric or spiritual inner Islam presented by Western thinkers Louis Massignon, Henry Corbin, René Guénon, and Frithjof Schuon. Particularly interested in Sufism ... -
Perspectives on the Guaranteed Income, Part I
(M.E. Sharpe, 2001)The article focuses on the concept of "Guaranteed Income." The idea of a guaranteed income has been around in one form or another since Thomas Paine proposed a version of it in 1796. Except for a brief period in the 1960s ... -
Perspectives on the Guaranteed Income, Part II
(M.E. Sharpe, 2001)This article literary appraises books related to guaranteed income. The books are: "Freedom and Security: An introduction to the Basic income Debate," by Tony Fitzpatrick; Basic income: Economic Security for All Canadians," ... -
The Physical Basis of Voluntary Trade
(Springer, 2010)The article discusses the conditions under which can we say that people enter the economic system voluntarily. “The Need for an Exit Option” briefly explains the philosophical argument that voluntary interaction requires ... -
Political and economic liberalization : dynamics and linkages in comparative perspective
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Political Culture and a New Definition of the ’Third World'
(Taylor & Francis, 1995)In the post-Cold War world where economic or traditional political classifications can no longer be applied, it is argued that political culture has emerged as the ultimate arbiter of national politics on a global scale. ... -
The Political Economy of the Gulf Summary Report
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Political Economy of the Persian Gulf
(Hurst & Co., Columbia University Press, 2012)Change occurs rapidly in the Persian Gulf. While some states have capitalised on the fast-paced nature of globalised fiscal transactions and have become important markets for foreign investment, others have fallen victim ... -
The Political History of Modern Iran: From Tribalism to Theocracy
(Praeger, 1992)This book offers a concise and comprehensive examination of Iran's political history from the establishment of the Qajar dynasty in 1785 until the present. It focuses on both the historical evolution of Iranian political ... -
Political Reform in the Gulf Monarchies: From Liberalisation to Democratisation? A Comparative Perspective
(Ithaca Press, 2008)The oil rich monarchies of the Arabian Peninsula are frequently dismissed as having no democratic systems compared to most other regions of the world. Indeed, the United States justified its action in Iraq by proclaiming ... -
Politics and Society in the Developing World, 2nd ed.
(Routledge, 1999)This book is a welcome new edition, which completely updates and revises the very popular first edition, Politics and Society in the Third World. Mehran Kamrava has brought the book in line with the major changes in global ... -
The Politics of Weak Control: State Capacity and Economic Semi-Formality in the Middle East
(Duke University Press, 2002)This article examines the limitations of the Middle Eastern state from a somewhat different angle, namely the nature of its relationship with a type of economic actor that may best be described as "semi-formal." These are ... -
Pray without Ceasing: The Way of the Invocation in World Religions
(2006)Why and how should one pray? This anthology is an attempt at answering this question in the most essential and direct way. The treasury of spiritual texts that have been collected in this volume is focused on the way of ... -
Preserving Non-Democracies: Leaders and Institutions in the Middle East
(Taylor & Francis, 2010)Authoritarian elites often prolong their tenure in office by engaging in wholesale institutional change. Whether inherited or created from scratch, state institutions in non-democracies are meant to solidify elite cohesion ... -
Problems with Wage Subsidies: Phelp's economic discipline and undisciplined economics
(Inderscience, 2008)This paper discusses problems with wage subsidy proposals, specifically focusing on the proposal in Rewarding Work by Edmund Phelps. It shows that the book uses one price theory to argue that the whole benefit of a wage ... -
Proxy: Unlocking the Origins of Israel’s Military Sales to China
(Center for International and Regional Studies, 2020-09-30)Although Israel had recognized the People’s Republic of China as early as January 9, 1950, no diplomatic relations were established until January 24, 1992. In the meantime, Beijing adopted a hostile attitude toward Israel, ...
