| Human Security and Philanthropy: Islamic Perspectives and Muslim Majority Country Practices Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Hasan, Samiul (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1493943790 ISBN-13: 9781493943791 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Nonprofit Organizations & Charities - General - Social Science | Sociology - General - Business & Economics | Business Ethics |
| Dewey: 301 |
| Series: Nonprofit and Civil Society Studies |
| Physical Information: 362 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Muslims for hundreds of years have been involved in philanthropic activities targeting poor and needy people through varied types of 'third sector' organizations (TSOs). Nonetheless, many people in Muslim majority countries (MMCs), not having freedom from hunger, face human security crises. Not much is known about the TSOs or their human security provisions in MMCs. To fill this knowledge gap, this Volume documents and analyses philanthropy and all types of third sector organizations including the awqaf (Muslim endowments) vis- -vis human security in MMCs. The study is comprehensive in treating the subject matter (analyzing the legal environment, characteristics, extent and functioning of all forms of the third sector and their human security performances) and in geographic coverage (incorporating all forty-seven Muslim majority countries in Africa and Asia). It is also innovative expounding TSO density analysis, state support score (SSS) and a third-sector capability measure (TCM) to study their interrelationships. It is an essential unique reference book for students and scholars of the third sector and human security, international organizations, development agencies, donor governments, security experts and in particular anybody with interests in Islam and MMCs. |