ISBN:
0253110750
,
9780253110756
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xvii, 236 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
Indiana series in Middle East studies
Parallel Title:
Print version Islam, charity, and activism
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Social institutions Egypt
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Social institutions Jordan
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Social institutions Yemen (Republic)
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Charities Egypt
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Charities Jordan
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Charities Yemen (Republic)
;
Middle class Egypt
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Middle class Jordan
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Middle class Yemen (Republic)
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Islam Charities
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Institutions sociales Égypte
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Institutions sociales Jordanie
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Institutions sociales Yémen
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Œuvres de bienfaisance Égypte
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Œuvres de bienfaisance Jordanie
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Œuvres de bienfaisance Yémen
;
Classes moyennes Égypte
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Classes moyennes Jordanie
;
Classes moyennes Yémen
;
Islam Œuvres de bienfaisance
;
Islam Jemen
;
Jordanien
;
Ägypten
;
Egypt
;
Jordan
;
Yemen (Republic)
;
Social institutions
;
Social institutions
;
Social institutions
;
Charities
;
Charities
;
Charities
;
Middle class
;
Middle class
;
Middle class
;
Islam Charities
;
Social institutions
;
Social institutions
;
Charities
;
Charities
;
Charities
;
Middle class
;
Middle class
;
Middle class
;
Islam Charities
;
Social institutions
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; General
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Charities
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Islam ; Charities
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Middle class
;
Social institutions
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Islam
;
Mittelstand
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Wohltätigkeitsorganisation
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Regional Studies
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Egypt
;
Jordan
;
Yemen (Republic)
;
Jemen
;
Ägypten
;
Jordanien
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Annotation, Throughout the Middle East, Islamist charities and social welfare organizations play a major role in addressing the socioeconomic needs of Muslim societies, independently of the state. Through case studies of Islamic medical clinics in Egypt, the Islamic Center Charity Society in Jordan, and the Islah Women's Charitable Society in Yemen, Janine A. Clark examines the structure and dynamics of moderate Islamic institutions and their social and political impact. Questioning the widespread assumption that such organizations primarily serve the poorer classes, Clark argues that these organizations in fact are run by and for the middle class. Rather than the vertical recruitment or mobilization of the poor that they are often presumed to promote, Islamic social institutions play an important role in strengthening social networks that bind middle-class professionals, volunteers, and clients. Ties of solidarity that develop along these horizontal lines foster the development of new social networks and the diffusion of new ideas
Description / Table of Contents:
Islamic social institutions, social movement theory, and the middle classesIslamic medical clinics in Cairo : the operational imperatives of ISIs and the role of middle-class networks -- The Islamic center charity society in Jordan : the benefits to the middle class -- The islah charitable society in Yemen : women's social networks, charity, and dawa -- The significance of being middle class.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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