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Islam and the Everyday World: Public Policy Dilemmas

Islam and the Everyday World: Public Policy Dilemmas Paperback / softback - 2008 - 1st Edition

by Sohrab Behdad

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Paperback / softback. New. Provides an examination of how Shari'a - the Islamic concept of divine law, affects public policy across a range of public policy areas, including human rights and family law.
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  • Title Islam and the Everyday World: Public Policy Dilemmas
  • Author Sohrab Behdad
  • Binding Paperback / softback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition New
  • Pages 242
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date 2008-06-01
  • Bookseller's Inventory # B9780415453059
  • ISBN 9780415453059 / 0415453054
  • Weight 0.79 lbs (0.36 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.53 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.35 cm)
  • Themes
    • Interdisciplinary Studies: Islamic Studies
    • Religious Orientation: Islamic
  • Dewey Decimal Code 340.59

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From the publisher

This is a new examination of how Shari'a law affects public policy both theoretically and in practice, across a wide range of public policy areas, including for example human rights and family law.

The process by which public policy is decided - through elections, debates, political processes, and political discourse - has an additional dimension in the Islamic world. This is because Shari'a (divine law) has a great deal to say on many mundane matters of everyday life and must be taken into account in matters of public policy. In addition, matters are complicated further by the fact that there are differing interpretations of the Shari'a and how it should be applied to contemporary social issues.

Written by leading experts in their field, this is the first comprehensive single volume analysis of Islam and public policy in the English language and offers further understanding of Islam and its wider social and political implications.

About the author

Sohrab Behdad is Professor and John E. Harris Chair in Economics, Denison University, and is a former member of the faculty of Economics, Tehran University, Iran.

Farhad Nomani is Professor of Economics at the American University of Paris, and is a former member of the Faculty of Economics, Tehran University, Iran.