Charities in the Non-Western World : the development and regulation of indigenous and Islamic charities / edited by Rajeswary Ampalavanar Brown and Justin Pierce.
Everything is politics : understanding the political dimensions of NGO legitimacy in conflict-affected regions / Oliver Walton -- The role and governance of Islamic faith organisations in South Africa / Justin Pierce -- Co-operatives and the state in Burma/Myanmar, 1900-2012 : a case study of failed top-down co-operative development models? / Anthony Webster -- Charity reconstructed : the transformation of social welfare in rural Japan in the nineteenth century / Marion Ehlers -- Private charities and the public good : institutional memory of plague prevention in Manchuria / Thomas Dubois -- Re-form hui identity and the communal network in the imperial extension from Ming to Qing in southwest Chinese frontier / Ma Jianxiong -- Universalistic humanitarianism in mainland China : a case study of a French NGO / Gilles Guiheux and Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce -- In the world but not of the world : governing Christian charities in contemporary China / Nanlai Cao -- Boundaries of non-state welfare provision : comparative evidence from Turkey, Sudan and Germany / Fulya Apaydin -- The diversity of Islamic charitable activities : analytical distinctions among Shi'a Muslim organizations in Lebanon / Melani Cammett -- Saudi charitable impulse abroad : the coercive power of belief and money in Thailand / Rajeswary Ampalavanar Brown -- Saudi charity to Hadhramaut as a bone of contention : the Hijaz Fund episode, 1949-50 / Christian Lekon -- Comparative perspective on the growth and legal transformations of Arab (Islamic) charities / Benoit Challand -- Colonial state and Muslim institutions : history of regulatory framework for awqaf (religious endowments) in British India / Muhammad Zubair Abbasi.
Summary:
"This book looks at the operation of indigenous charities at a regional, localised and global level. Chapters focus on the adaptation, accountability and operation of charities across a wide range of jurisdictions from China to Indonesia, Thailand, Iran, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Lebanon and Turkey. It examines the ownership, participation and accountability of charities in a regional, localised and international context, and draws on the experiences and operation of charities"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.