Islamic Public Value
Theory, Practice, and Administration of Indigenous Cooperative Institutions
Published on 20. May 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
422 pages
978-1-0353-3365-3 (ISBN)
Description
This insightful book examines the public value aspects of Non-Western Public Administration (NWPA) and establishes the presence of Islamic Public Administration in NWPA. It investigates how Islamic institutions across state, local, and community levels collaborate to meet societal needs, foster inclusion, and enhance public value.
Renowned experts propose faith-based perspectives to the field of public value and present diverse research into the relationship between religion and public administration. Chapters discuss Islamic indigenous governance institutions as functional examples of Islamic public administration and as existing alternatives to dominant global-Western models. They highlight historical cases of Islamic governance and administration that demonstrate practical approaches and solutions in contemporary society. The book's international case studies span Muslim-majority and -minority contexts based on ethnographic fieldwork and provide an empirical basis for the book's thought-provoking arguments.
Islamic Public Value is a vital resource for students and academics in politics, public administration, regulation and governance and Islamic studies. Its exploration of non-Western governance models also makes it an essential guide for practitioners and policymakers in public management and policy.
Renowned experts propose faith-based perspectives to the field of public value and present diverse research into the relationship between religion and public administration. Chapters discuss Islamic indigenous governance institutions as functional examples of Islamic public administration and as existing alternatives to dominant global-Western models. They highlight historical cases of Islamic governance and administration that demonstrate practical approaches and solutions in contemporary society. The book's international case studies span Muslim-majority and -minority contexts based on ethnographic fieldwork and provide an empirical basis for the book's thought-provoking arguments.
Islamic Public Value is a vital resource for students and academics in politics, public administration, regulation and governance and Islamic studies. Its exploration of non-Western governance models also makes it an essential guide for practitioners and policymakers in public management and policy.
Reviews / Votes
'This book provides a unique understanding of Islamic public value and explores the reasons behind operating "century-old" community-based institutions that still exist to deliver quality public services. The collection covers a wide variety of topics and would be of great interest to students, scholars and practitioners of public administration, public policy, non-profit management, political science, and sociology.' -- Shahjahan Bhuiyan, The American University in Cairo, EgyptMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cheltenham
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-0353-3365-3 (9781035333653)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Edited by Wolfgang Drechsler, Professor of Governance, Ragnar Nurkse Department, TalTech, Estonia, Honorary Professor, Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, University College London, UK and Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Administrative Sciences, Universitas Indonesia, Salah Chafik, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, University College London, UK and Visiting Research Fellow, Ragnar Nurkse Department, TalTech, Estonia and Rainer Kattel, Professor of Innovation and Public Governance and Deputy Director, Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, University College London, UK
Content
Contents
What is and why do we study Islamic Public Value? An introduction 1
Wolfgang Drechsler, Salah Chafik and Rainer Kattel
1 Emerging perspectives: positive public administration and
Islamic public value 20
Janine O'Flynn and Sophie Yates
2 Case selection and case research: the case of Islamic Public
Administration 32
B. Guy Peters
3 Sociology of Islamic public administration: ethnographic and
socio-legal perspectives 38
Rustamjon Urinboyev
4 The academic field of Islamic public administration: theory
and practice during the last half-century 54
Iulia Lumina and Mahmud Mohammady
PART I HISTORICAL CASES
5 Irrigation practices in Valencia and the context of an Islamic
social framework 69
Karim Lahham
6 Islamic Public Value: biy soty in Kazakhstan 83
Assel Mussagulova
7 The ethics of giving in the Ottoman Empire 98
Hueseyin Yilmaz
PART II CONTEMPORARY CASES
8 Vakuf Administration in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Closer
Look at the Islamska zajednica u Bosni i Hercegovini and
New Vakuf Directorate 112
Joseph J. Kaminski, Mustafa Krupalija and Hamza Preljevic
9 On women and zawaya in Morocco: the enduring legacy of
the 18th-century saint Lady Taallat today 128
Salah Chafik and Reda Mokhtar El Ftouh
10 The Majlis al-shura Tradition in Islamic Public Administration 147
Leslie A. Pal and Abdulfatah Said Mohamed
11 Social ministers of care (khadims): Islamic higher education
in Britain 176
Haroon Sidat
12 The Chinese Xidaotang: a Chinese Islamic example of good
public administration 193
Jiang Xiaokun and Chao Ma
13 Islamic institutions in the shadows, margins and intersections:
an exploration in Nepal 215
Shobhit Shakya
14 The Role of Darbars (Sufi shrines in Pakistan) in the shadow
of government (Auqaf) 236
Abiha Zahra and Aneeqa Suhail
15 The impregnable fortress of Islamic public administration in
Central Asia: Mahalla institutions in Uzbekistan 255
Rustamjon Urinboyev
16 The role of Islamic education in building of Islamic public
value of multicultural citizenship in southern Thailand 280
Imtiyaz Yusuf and Arthit Thongin
17 Infusing indigenous Islamic values into western-style public
administration in Indonesia: the role of pesantren institutions 308
Eko Prasojo, Zuliansyah P. Zulkarnain, Julyan Ferdiansyah,
Debie Puspasari and Defny Holidin
18 Non-western philosophy and public administration: public
service provision in Nagari Minangkabau, Indonesia 336
Rio Yusri Maulana, Moh. Arief Rakhman, Mhd. Alfahjri
Sukri and Makmun Wahid
PART III REFLECTIONS
19 The contribution of the Islamic public value project to a
research programme on the relationship between religion and
public administration 360
Edoardo Ongaro and Michele Tantardini
20 The light and shade of Islamic public value 370
Catherine Althaus
21 Staying the course: how contemporary Islamic indigenous
governance institutions carry forth an anticolonial tradition 379
Salah Chafik
What is and why do we study Islamic Public Value? An introduction 1
Wolfgang Drechsler, Salah Chafik and Rainer Kattel
1 Emerging perspectives: positive public administration and
Islamic public value 20
Janine O'Flynn and Sophie Yates
2 Case selection and case research: the case of Islamic Public
Administration 32
B. Guy Peters
3 Sociology of Islamic public administration: ethnographic and
socio-legal perspectives 38
Rustamjon Urinboyev
4 The academic field of Islamic public administration: theory
and practice during the last half-century 54
Iulia Lumina and Mahmud Mohammady
PART I HISTORICAL CASES
5 Irrigation practices in Valencia and the context of an Islamic
social framework 69
Karim Lahham
6 Islamic Public Value: biy soty in Kazakhstan 83
Assel Mussagulova
7 The ethics of giving in the Ottoman Empire 98
Hueseyin Yilmaz
PART II CONTEMPORARY CASES
8 Vakuf Administration in Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Closer
Look at the Islamska zajednica u Bosni i Hercegovini and
New Vakuf Directorate 112
Joseph J. Kaminski, Mustafa Krupalija and Hamza Preljevic
9 On women and zawaya in Morocco: the enduring legacy of
the 18th-century saint Lady Taallat today 128
Salah Chafik and Reda Mokhtar El Ftouh
10 The Majlis al-shura Tradition in Islamic Public Administration 147
Leslie A. Pal and Abdulfatah Said Mohamed
11 Social ministers of care (khadims): Islamic higher education
in Britain 176
Haroon Sidat
12 The Chinese Xidaotang: a Chinese Islamic example of good
public administration 193
Jiang Xiaokun and Chao Ma
13 Islamic institutions in the shadows, margins and intersections:
an exploration in Nepal 215
Shobhit Shakya
14 The Role of Darbars (Sufi shrines in Pakistan) in the shadow
of government (Auqaf) 236
Abiha Zahra and Aneeqa Suhail
15 The impregnable fortress of Islamic public administration in
Central Asia: Mahalla institutions in Uzbekistan 255
Rustamjon Urinboyev
16 The role of Islamic education in building of Islamic public
value of multicultural citizenship in southern Thailand 280
Imtiyaz Yusuf and Arthit Thongin
17 Infusing indigenous Islamic values into western-style public
administration in Indonesia: the role of pesantren institutions 308
Eko Prasojo, Zuliansyah P. Zulkarnain, Julyan Ferdiansyah,
Debie Puspasari and Defny Holidin
18 Non-western philosophy and public administration: public
service provision in Nagari Minangkabau, Indonesia 336
Rio Yusri Maulana, Moh. Arief Rakhman, Mhd. Alfahjri
Sukri and Makmun Wahid
PART III REFLECTIONS
19 The contribution of the Islamic public value project to a
research programme on the relationship between religion and
public administration 360
Edoardo Ongaro and Michele Tantardini
20 The light and shade of Islamic public value 370
Catherine Althaus
21 Staying the course: how contemporary Islamic indigenous
governance institutions carry forth an anticolonial tradition 379
Salah Chafik